Comparison between measurement and simulation of monostatic and bistatic sea clutter

There has been considerable research into analytical modeling of bistatic sea clutter However, such models have generally not been validated against measured data. A comparison between low grazing angle simultaneously recorded out-of-plane bistatic and monostatic S-band sea clutter and electromagnetic simulation is presented in this paper. Both vertical and horizontal polarizations were recorded and the bistatic angle was varied from 60° - 120°. The simulation results were in agreement with the measurement in the monostatic geometry and there were significant differences in the bistatic geometry.