COMPARISON OF PREDICTIONS OF VECTOR MODEL OF MICROWAVE REFLECTION FROM THE OCEAN WITH EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS,
Abstract
The Vector Model of microwave reflection from the ocean was extended to predict total signal fluctuations at minima in the interference pattern, as well as maxima, and to predict the shapes of the probability distributions as a function of h psi/lambda. For these predictions one requires h psi, and lambda for the roughness parameter, h psi/lambda, and the polarization of the radiation. A knowledge of the antenna pattern is of course required. The treatment applies to line of sight propagation. A comparison of the theory to experimental results obtained by the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory of The University of Texas in 1955 at the Gulf of Mexico is given. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 18, 1956
- Accession Number
- AD0657112
Entities
People
- C. I. Beard
- F. E. Brooks Jr.
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory