Classification of sea slicks by multi-frequency radar techniques: the influence of the temperature and of the morphology affect on water wave damping

Author

Huhnerfuss, H. ; Alpers, W. ; Gericke, A. ; Lange, P.A. ; Theis, R. ; Wismann, V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Org. Chem., Hamburg Univ., Germany

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Oct 1993

Abstract

During the SAXON-FPN campaign, some sea slicks that represent surface-active substances of the most important fractions of biogenic slicks were overflown with the five-frequency HELISCAT radar scatterometer at different water temperatures (282.8-290.6 K). It turned out that the radar signals, which can largely be interpreted by the MARANGONI damping theory, depend both on the chemical structure of the organic compounds and on the morphology of the surface films. Thus far, this latter aspect has been completely ignored. The temperature effect appears to play a secondary role for slick-induced ocean wave damping

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; 280 to 291 K; HELISCAT radar scatterometer; MARANGONI damping theory; SAXON FPN; biogenic sea slick; chemical composition; chemistry; classification; marine biology; measurement technique; morphology affect; multi-frequency; multifrequency radar; ocean sea surface; ocean wave damping; organic compound; radar remote sensing; radar scattering backscatter radiowave reflection; surface active substance; surface film; temperature; Chemical compounds; Damping; Ocean temperature; Organic chemicals; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Radar theory; Sea surface; Surface morphology; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1385-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326116

Filename

326116