Investigation of Sun microwave emission intensity, reflected by rough sea surface

Author

Danilichev, M.V. ; Evtuchenko, A.V. ; Kutuza, B.G. ; Lotov, A.I. ; Nickolaev, A.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1630

Abstract

Describes the experimental investigation of natural microwave noise signal quasi-mirror reflection at sea surface roughnesses. While the weather was cloudless, the authors used the Sun as a source of this signal. Experiments were carried in a “Sun track” mode, when the solar zenith angle was more than 45 degrees, and were conducted to obtain zenith section of that “track”. The experiments were compared to solar emission intensity data, the state of the atmosphere and wave parameters. After generalisation and normalisation these data were given in dependence of wind force and large-scale riffle waving dispersion of slopes

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; ocean wave microwave radiometry; remote sensing measurement technique; solar radiation; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Radiometers; Rough surfaces; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sun; Surface roughness; Surface waves; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322068

Filename

322068