Nordsee radar backscatter measurements data report
Abstract
Radar backscatter measurements of the ocean were made by University of Kansas (KU) investigators from the Nordsee tower to determine scattering coefficients as a function of wind speed, incidence angle and look direction at C-, X- and Ku-bands and to determine the modulation of Bragg-resonant ripples by long waves. A modified version of the KU helicopter-borne scatterometer (HELOSCAT) was used to acquire the data. The radar backscatter data were collected at selected frequencies between 4 and 17 GHz, and incidence angles between 18 deg. and 70 deg. with VV- and HH-polarizations.
- Publication:
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Technical Report
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984kans.rept.....G
- Keywords:
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- Backscattering;
- Ocean Surface;
- Radar Measurement;
- Radar Scattering;
- Scattering Coefficients;
- C Band;
- Extremely High Frequencies;
- Helicopters;
- Incidence;
- Modulation;
- Radar Equipment;
- Scattering Functions;
- Scatterometers;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Wind Velocity;
- Communications and Radar