Radar backscattering experiments in a wind-wave tunnel on clean surfaces on surfaces covered with a surface film, in the X band (9.8 GHz)
Abstract
The average radar backscattering cross section for several conditions and the radar signal modulation due to long waves on clean and film-covered water surfaces were measured. The spectral energy of the Bragg waves was calculated from the measured wave spectra. The damping due to three monomolecular surface films with different physical properties was determined. The degree and phase of the wave-radar modulation transfer function were measured for several wind velocities, incidence angles, polarizations, and antenna viewing directions.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985STIN...8628320F
- Keywords:
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- Backscattering;
- Radar Scattering;
- Surface Waves;
- Water Waves;
- Wind Tunnel Tests;
- Amplitude Modulation;
- Modulation Transfer Function;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Communications and Radar