Abstract
Abstract This paper presents original data obtained with a VHF, narrow beam, ground-wave Doppler radar over a coastal area of small depth (about 2 m). When meteorological conditions are such that waves of significant height greater than 0-7 m are incoming from ofT-shore, Doppler spectra of the radar echoes from this area are quite different from those generally obtained in deep water. Besides the narrow lines due to the influence of freely propagating waves at the wavenumbcr kb = 2m−1 selected by the Bragg backscattering mechanism, a wideband continuum centred at a Doppler frequency corresponding to the velocity of the dominant waves in the shallow water is also observed. The conditions of occurrence and the properties of this continuum are presented and discussed. It is suggested that it is related to bound waves advected by the dominant waves.
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