DocumentCode
2942209
Title
Radar sea echo in UHF in coastal zone: experimental observations and theory
Author
Forget, P. ; Barbin, Y. ; Currier, P. ; Saillard, M.
Author_Institution
LSEET, Univ. de Toulon et du Var, La Garde, France
Volume
7
fYear
2003
fDate
21-25 July 2003
Firstpage
4274
Abstract
We present the results of a preliminary experiment of remote sensing of near-shore environment by an UHF radar initially devoted to atmospheric wind profiling. VV and HH Doppler signatures of the sea surface during a one-day experiment are analyzed in terms of signal decay with distance and Doppler spectra morphology. Marked differences between VV ("slow" scatterers) and HH spectra ("fast" scatterers) were observed. VV spectra could be partly reproduced considering a first-order Bragg theory.
Keywords
Doppler radar; UHF radio propagation; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; wind; Doppler spectra morphology; HH Doppler signatures; UHF radar; atmospheric wind profiling; coastal zone; first order Bragg theory; radar sea echo; remote sensing; sea surface; shore environment; signal decay; Data processing; Dipole antennas; Doppler radar; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Radar theory; Reactive power; Remote sensing; Sea measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7929-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1295487
Filename
1295487
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