New Features of Bragg and Non-Polarized Radar Backscattering from Film Slicks on the Sea Surface

• Published in: Journal of marine science and engineering Vol. 10; no. 9; p. 1262
• Main Authors: Ermakov, Stanislav Aleksandrovich, Sergievskaya, Irina Andreevna, Plotnikov, Leonid Mikhailovich, Kapustin, Ivan Aleksandrovich, Danilicheva, Olga Arkadyevna, Kupaev, Alexander Viktorovich, Molkov, Alexander Andreevich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Azimuth; Backscatter; Backscattering; Bragg and non-Bragg radar return; Crosswinds; Dependence; Doppler shifts; Experiments; Field tests; film slicks; Horizontal polarization; microwave radar backscattering; Microwave scattering; Radar; Research vessels; Scale models; Sea surface; Slicks; Water reservoirs; Wave number; Wave spectra; Wavelengths; Wind; Wind waves

Suppression of radar backscattering from the sea surface has been studied in field experiments with surfactant films carried out from an Oceanographic Platform on the Black Sea and from onboard a research vessel on the Gorky Water Reservoir using an X-C-S-band two co-polarized radar instrument. Brag...