• DocumentCode
    514283
  • Title

    Modeling of radar scattering from oil films

  • Author

    Pinel, Nicolas ; Bourlier, Christophe

  • Author_Institution
    IREENA Lab., Univ. de Nantes, Nantes, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Oil films on the sea surface damp the capillary waves of the surface height spectrum. This hydrodynamic damping influences the normalized radar cross section (NRCS) of contaminated seas, comparatively to clean seas. First, a simple appropriate damping model is presented with parameters that match experimental results. Second, the two-dimensional bistatic NRCS of the contaminated sea surface is presented by comparison with that of a clean sea.
  • Keywords
    capillary waves; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar cross-sections; random media; capillary waves; contaminated sea surface; hydrodynamic damping; normalized radar cross section; oil films; radar scattering; Damping; Hydrodynamics; Petroleum; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface cleaning; Surface contamination; Surface roughness; Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; Multistatic scattering; Random media; Sea surface; Water pollution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
  • Conference_Location
    Bordeaux
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-55-7
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5438508