DocumentCode :
983298
Title :
Backscattering from capillary waves with application to sea clutter
Author :
Wright, John W.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
Volume :
14
Issue :
6
fYear :
1966
fDate :
11/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
749
Lastpage :
754
Abstract :
The results of measurements at 
-band of backscattering from water waves of amplitude less than about 0.01 wavelength and with wavelengths of the order of the microwave length are presented and compared with theory. The measurements have been made for both vertical and horizontal polarizations for grazing angles between 
and 
. The results both as to angular dependence and absolute magnitude are in agreement with the theory. The ratio of vertical to horizontal backscattering cross section calculated from the theory is compared with that measured on the open sea.
-band of backscattering from water waves of amplitude less than about 0.01 wavelength and with wavelengths of the order of the microwave length are presented and compared with theory. The measurements have been made for both vertical and horizontal polarizations for grazing angles between and . The results both as to angular dependence and absolute magnitude are in agreement with the theory. The ratio of vertical to horizontal backscattering cross section calculated from the theory is compared with that measured on the open sea.Keywords :
Sea surface electromagnetic scattering; Backscatter; Clutter; Light scattering; Pollution measurement; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Water resources; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-926X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1966.1138799
Filename :
1138799
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