Directional Wavenumber Characteristics of Short Sea Waves

Abstract

Short waves on the ocean surface play an important role in surface electromagnetic (e.m.) scattering. Electromagnetic scattering theory is well developed, but the short wavelength portion of the surface wave field has only recently been experimentally explored, and a single, consistent model of the wave height spectrum has yet to be developed. A new instrument was developed to measure the height of waves with 2-30 cm wavelengths at an array of locations which can be post-processed to generate an estimate of the two-dimensional wave height spectrum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384720

Entities

People

  • Nicole M. Suoja

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Oceanography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Scattering
  • Scatterometers
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering