Surface Waves and Turbulence

Abstract

The long-term goal is to improve our understanding of radar backscatter and microwave emission from the sea surface, and of relevant physical processes, including wave breaking and near-surface turbulence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA624663

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Longuet-higgins

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Birds
  • Capillary Waves
  • Emission
  • Euler Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Pressure
  • Information Operations
  • Mechanics
  • Microwaves
  • Physics
  • Standing Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulence
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.