Kirchhoff method application in microwave radiometry of rough sea surface

Author

Danilytchev, M.V. ; Kutuza, B.G. ; Nikolaev, A.G.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

264

Lastpage

266

Abstract

The use of hydrological (surface wind and sea wave slope) dependencies for calculation of microwave characteristics of the ldquoocean-atmosphererdquo system by Kirchhoff method is discussed here. As an important example, we review results of our experiment on bistatic sensing of the sea surface. In this experiment Sun is a powerful natural source of noise microwave radiation for the sea surface sensing. For the receiving of solar radiation in the region of quasi-specular scattering three two-polarization radiometers (0.8, 2.25 and 6.0 cm) were used. The results of joint hydrological and radiometric experiments are reported.

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; hydrological techniques; radiometry; rough surfaces; waves; Kirchhoff method application; bistatic sensing; hydrological experiment; microwave characteristics; microwave radiometry; quasispecular scattering; radiometric experiment; rough sea surface; sea wave slope; solar radiation; surface wind; two-polarization radiometers; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Radiometers; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Sea surface; Solar radiation; Sun; Surface roughness; Surface waves; microwaves; roughness; sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals, 2008. UWBUSIS 2008. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sevastopol

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UWBUS.2008.4669431

Filename

4669431