Tower-mounted radar backscatter measurements in the North Sea

Title

Tower-mounted radar backscatter measurements in the North Sea

 Author

Physisch Laboratorium TNO
de Loor, G.P.

Publication year

1983

 Abstract

Measurements of average normalized backscatter made from a platform in the North Sea 10 km off the Dutch coast are reported here. The measurements provide information on the dependency of X band backscatter on grazing angle, wind speed, and look direction. It has been found that for grazing angles under 50o the dependency of backscatter on wind speed is highly sensitive to polarization and look direction. Also an unexplained difference between ground-based and airborne measurements was observed. - Author

 Subject

backscatter
grazing angle
look direction
North Sea
polarization
wind speed
Radar
Oceanography

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1029/jc088ic14p09785

 TNO identifier

229439

 Source

Journal of Geophysical Research, 88 (88), 9785-9791

 Document type

article
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