Multiple scattering effects in electromagnetic wave interactions with sea spray

Many environmental and military remote sensing applications rely on a solid understanding of the electromagnetic interactions with sea spray. The water droplets over the ocean surface are a key factor in the energy transfer between the atmosphere and the ocean. This energy transfer helps define the boundary condition for atmospheric and oceanic models and is a key factor for the global and regional climate models. Being able to model these interactions can help the wind speed retrieval algorithms for the global climate models.Multiple scattering effects are modeled by incorporating full wave solutions for the scattering cross-section due to multiple spheres in close proximity to each other. The distorted Born approximation technique is used in conjunction with the analytical wave theory to compute the backscattering cross-section of the medium.