Modeling of roughness effects on electromagnetic waves propagation above sea surface using 3D parabolic equation

Author

Benhmammouch, Othmane ; Caouren, Natacha ; Khenchaf, Ali

Author_Institution

Lab. E3I2 (EA-3876), ENSIETA (Ecole Nat. Super. des Ing. des Etudes et Tech. de l´´Armement), Brest, France

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

This paper deals with effects of sea surface roughness on electromagnetic waves propagation in a three-dimensional domain. The 3D Parabolic Equation method is used to solve the wave equation. A new approach is presented to model the propagation above rough sea surface. Numerical results of electromagnetic waves propagation are presented to highlight the sea surface roughness influence.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; oceanographic techniques; parabolic equations; remote sensing by radar; wave equations; 3D parabolic equation; Split Step Fourier algorithm; electromagnetic wave propagation; roughness effects; sea spectrum; sea surface roughness; tropospheric propagation; wave equation; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic propagation; Partial differential equations; Predictive models; Radar; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Sea surface roughness; Surface roughness; Surface waves; 3D parabolic equation; Split Step Fourier; Tropospheric propagation; rough sea surface; sea spectrum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3394-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418218

Filename

5418218