NDLI: On the dependence of radar signatures of surface current variations on the azimuthal radar look direction

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Author	Romeiser, R.
Copyright Year	1994
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. of Oceanogr., Hamburg Univ., Germany (Romeiser, R.)
Abstract	An improved two-dimensional composite surface model for the radar imaging of underwater bottom topography in tidal waters is presented. It accounts for the hydrodynamic modulation of the entire wave spectrum by surface current variations, i.e., the effect of waves which are longer than the Bragg waves is included as well as the effect of wave components traveling normal to the radar look direction. These waves affect the radar backscatter by geometric modulation and by hydrodynamic modulation of the Bragg waves, yielding non-zero second-order contributions to the mean normalized radar backscattering cross section (NRCS) which depend on the mean square surface slopes parallel and normal to the radar look direction. The authors discuss the dependence of the resulting radar signatures on radar frequency, polarization, incidence angle, and the azimuthal radar look direction. An interesting result is that the contribution of the normal traveling wave components to the radar backscatter is negative for all incidence angles at vertical (VV) and for steep incidence angles at horizontal (HH) polarization, while the contribution of parallel traveling waves is always positive. This leads to an "inversion" of the theoretical radar signatures under certain conditions, i.e., areas of increased surface roughness can appear as dark areas in an image, where one would normally expect an increased image intensity.
Starting Page	1717
Ending Page	1719
File Size	371819
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780314972
DOI	10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399545
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-08-08
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Radar cross section Surface topography Radar imaging Backscatter Hydrodynamics Surface waves Polarization Frequency Radar theory Rough surfaces
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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