SCATTERING FROM TIME-VARYING ROUGH SURFACES.

Abstract

The fading of a monochromatic acoustic plane wave, reradiated by a moving, rough surface, is described using the far-zone spectral density of the reradiated pressure. This quantity is calculated using the method of physical optics, and specialized to the cases of slightly rough and very rough wind-generated seas, which are described by the Neumann-Pierson directional wave spectrum. The results show the dependence of the radiation spectrum upon wind speed, and the angles of incidence and observation relative to the wind direction. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 1966
Accession Number
AD0656549

Entities

People

  • B. E. Parkins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Diffraction
  • Directional
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Plane Waves
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Waves
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering