Abstract
Microwave remote sensing is effective technique for sea surface measurement. For example, it enables us to know the wind vector on global scale. In order to develop more advanced measurement, it is necessary to understand the mechanism of microwave scattering at sea surface. This phenomenon consists of two physical processes. One is the formation of sea surface by the composite action of wind, waves and currents, and the other is microwave scattering at that surface. Because these processes are so complicated, appropriate models are not established. In this paper, the relation between sea surface condition and microwave scattering is investigated. Microwave scattering from wind wave surfaces is measured in the experimental tank and the results are analyzed by scattering coefficients and Doppler spectra. In order to connect these values with water surface parameters, surface condition is investigated minutely. The energy of high frequency waves is expressed by the friction velocity, and so it is presumed that there is the universal law between friction velocity and scattering coefficient. Since wind-generated current exist, the usual dispersion relation is not available. Furthermore, very high frequency components move at the phase velocity of components near the spectral peak. The results of Doppler spectra agree with that phenomenon.
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