Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
China
China
UDK 53 Физика
UDK 55 Геология. Геологические и геофизические науки
UDK 550.34 Сейсмология
UDK 550.383 Главное магнитное поле Земли
GRNTI 37.01 Общие вопросы геофизики
GRNTI 37.15 Геомагнетизм и высокие слои атмосферы
GRNTI 37.25 Океанология
GRNTI 37.31 Физика Земли
GRNTI 38.01 Общие вопросы геологии
GRNTI 36.00 ГЕОДЕЗИЯ. КАРТОГРАФИЯ
GRNTI 37.00 ГЕОФИЗИКА
GRNTI 38.00 ГЕОЛОГИЯ
GRNTI 39.00 ГЕОГРАФИЯ
GRNTI 52.00 ГОРНОЕ ДЕЛО
OKSO 05.00.00 Науки о Земле
BBK 26 Науки о Земле
TBK 63 Науки о Земле. Экология
BISAC SCI SCIENCE
At the small incidence angles, the dominant backscattering mechanism for sea waves is the quasi-specular backscattering mechanism. The power of the reflected signal depends on the distribution function of the slopes of large-scale waves (in comparison with radar wavelength) and on the effective reflection coefficient, which is introduced instead of the Fresnel coefficient. In this paper, we discussed a new method for calculating the effective reflection coefficient from the wave scatterometer SWIM data. For the first time, measurements are performed by a radar at different azimuth angles at small incidence angles. This makes it possible to measure the effective reflection coefficient. An original algorithm was developed for data processing and determination of the total mean square slopes of large-scale sea waves and the azimuth dependence of the backscattering radar cross section at zero incidence angle. In the result of subsequent processing, the azimuth dependence of the effective reflection coefficient is retrieved. SWIM data were used to evaluate the developed algorithm. Processing of the test data set confirmed the efficiency of the algorithm. The azimuth anisotropy coefficients for the mean square slopes of large-scale waves and the effective reflection coefficient are calculated
microwaves, small incidence angles, Fresnel coefficient, effective reflection coefficient
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