A New Derivation for the Rough Surface Reflection Coefficient and for the Distribution of Sea Wave Elevations

Abstract

In this report the rough surface reflection coefficient for the coherent reflected field is derived. The result obtained assumes a plane wavefront incident on a Gaussian collection of sinusoidal surface waves with uniform phase distribution. The theoretical result obtained is compared with experimental data. In addition, the probability density function of sea wave elevations is obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134774

Entities

People

  • A. R. Miller
  • E. Vegh
  • Robert M. Brown

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bessel Functions
  • Biometric Security
  • Coefficients
  • Electric Fields
  • Elevation
  • Experimental Data
  • Forward Scattering
  • Identification Systems
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Reflection
  • Scattering
  • Security
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Statistical inference.