Title : 
Microwave backscattering from water waves with non-uniform crests
         
        
            Author : 
Li, Yanzhong ; West, James C.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electr. & Comput. Engr, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Sea spikes are events in low grazing angle (LGA) microwave backscattering from the sea surface where the instantaneous backscattering is much larger the mean background level. In this paper. the backscattering from breaking wave crests with more complicated shapes is examined.
         
        
            Keywords : 
backscatter; microwave measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; breaking wave crests; low grazing angle; microwave backscattering; nonuniform crests; sea spikes; sea surface; water waves; Backscatter; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic reflection; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Sea surface; Shape; Spline; Surface waves; Testing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8883-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APS.2005.1551335