DocumentCode
983298
Title
Backscattering from capillary waves with application to sea clutter
Author
Wright, John W.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
Volume
14
Issue
6
fYear
1966
fDate
11/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
749
Lastpage
754
Abstract
The results of measurements at 
-band of backscattering from water waves of amplitude less than about 0.01 wavelength and with wavelengths of the order of the microwave length are presented and compared with theory. The measurements have been made for both vertical and horizontal polarizations for grazing angles between 
and 
. The results both as to angular dependence and absolute magnitude are in agreement with the theory. The ratio of vertical to horizontal backscattering cross section calculated from the theory is compared with that measured on the open sea.
-band of backscattering from water waves of amplitude less than about 0.01 wavelength and with wavelengths of the order of the microwave length are presented and compared with theory. The measurements have been made for both vertical and horizontal polarizations for grazing angles between and . The results both as to angular dependence and absolute magnitude are in agreement with the theory. The ratio of vertical to horizontal backscattering cross section calculated from the theory is compared with that measured on the open sea.Keywords
Sea surface electromagnetic scattering; Backscatter; Clutter; Light scattering; Pollution measurement; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Water resources; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1966.1138799
Filename
1138799
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