Sea Surface Backscatter Distortions of Scanning Radar Altimeter Ocean Wave Measurements

This paper examines the distortions in the measured wave topography caused by sea surface backscatter variation within the 25 to 50 m antenna footprint of the 1deg antenna beam of the NASA Scanning Radar Altimeter at its typical 1.5 to 3 km operating altitude and possible corrections to the directio...

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Main Authors: Walsh, E.J., Wright CW
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
Backscatter
Distortion measurement
Marine
Ocean waves
Radar antennas
Radar measurements
Sea measurements
Sea surface
Surface topography
Surface waves
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Summary:This paper examines the distortions in the measured wave topography caused by sea surface backscatter variation within the 25 to 50 m antenna footprint of the 1deg antenna beam of the NASA Scanning Radar Altimeter at its typical 1.5 to 3 km operating altitude and possible corrections to the directional wave spectra computed from the wave topography
ISSN:0197-7385
DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.2006.306857