A Short Experiment to Measure Ocean Radar Backscatter and Relate It to Slopes
Abstract
LONG-TERM GOALS. The long-term goals of The University of Kansas Center for Research project Interaction of Ocean Waves and Radar Signals are to improve and add new understanding of radar ocean imaging and to improve understanding of interactions with the longer waves of the small waves that represent the wind input to the sea. SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES. Understanding modulation of radar signals by ocean waves is important for improving satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operation for global ocean study. This should permit better understanding of wave imaging, as well as of imaging of ocean features, such as fronts and current boundaries. It is also important for aircraft imaging of the ocean. Understanding the nature of large-scale short-time excursions of radar signals, known as sea spikes, is important both to applications of radar observing targets on the sea and to understanding the nature of the nonlinear processes on the ocean. Understanding radar scatter and understanding small-scale waves on the sea should lead to improved models of oceanic processes. In this connection, we are concentrating particularly on nonlinear phenomena such as wave breaking.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA634511
Entities
People
- Richard K. Moore
Organizations
- University of Kansas