Abstract
An improved three-scale composite surface model for the modulation of the radar backscatter from the ocean surface by long ocean waves is presented. The model is based on Bragg scattering theory. In the conventional two-scale model, only the geometric modulation of the radar backscatter and the hydrodynamic modulation of the short Bragg waves by the long waves is considered. In the three-scale model, the impact of intermediate-scale waves (wavelengths between the length of the Bragg waves and the length of the long waves which are resolved by the radar) is also taken into account, which leads to a modified theoretical ocean wave-radar modulation transfer function (MTF). -Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9785-9801 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | C5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Forestry
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Soil Science
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Palaeontology