Remote sensing of water salinity

Author

Kachan, Michail ; Pimenov, Sergey

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Rostov-on-Don, Russia

fYear

1996

fDate

10-13 Sep 1996

Firstpage

440

Lastpage

443

Abstract

For the remote sensing of water surface salinity we use the radar method of measuring the power reflection coefficient which is defined by the complex dielectric constant (CDC). The same parameter, in fact, is estimated in UHF radiometric measurements of water salinity. In the case considered here of normal incidence of a plane electromagnetic wave on a smooth water surface the value of the reflection coefficient is defined by the Fresnel relation

Keywords

UHF measurement; electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic techniques; permittivity; radiometry; remote sensing; Fresnel relation; NaCl; UHF radiometric measurements; complex dielectric constant; normal incidence; plane electromagnetic wave; power reflection coefficient measurement; radar method; remote sensing; smooth water surface; water salinity measurement; water surface salinity; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic reflection; Power measurement; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Radiometry; Remote sensing; UHF measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 1996., 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3291-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.1996.565754

Filename

565754