Low Wind Speed Radar Backscatter Measurements at C- and Ku-Band Obtained During the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment

Carson, S. C.; Carswell, J. C.; McIntosh, R. E.; Li, F. K.; Nghiem, S. V.; Lou, S. H.; Neumann, G.; McLaughlin, D. J.

dc.contributor.author	Carson, S. C.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carswell, J. C.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McIntosh, R. E.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Li, F. K.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nghiem, S. V.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lou, S. H.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Neumann, G.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McLaughlin, D. J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2004-10-06T01:52:30Z
dc.date.available	2004-10-06T01:52:30Z
dc.date.issued	1993-03-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Geophysical Research	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	93-0599	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/35061
dc.description.abstract	Radar backscatter measurements collected at both C- and Ku-Band during the recent SurfaceWaves Dynamics Experiment (SWADE) on 1 March 1991 show dramatic variabilities of thenormalized radar cross section (sigma degree) of the ocean surface at low wind speed. Additionally,measurements of the sigma degree in the cross wind direction fluctuated much more than the sigmadegree in the upwind direction. The C- and Ku-band data are quite similar, both exhibiting a morepronounced roll off of sigma degree with decreasing neutral stability wind than indicated bypreviously published empirical model functions. The data show extremely large azimuthalmodulations, in some cases greater than 20 dB, and show good qualitative agreement with theazimuthal modulation predicted	en_US
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dc.title	Low Wind Speed Radar Backscatter Measurements at C- and Ku-Band Obtained During the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment	en_US