Multipath EM scattering from breaking ocean waves at grazing incidence

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1455-1467

  West, James C ^a   Sletten, Mark A ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; POLARIZATION;

BREAKING OCEAN WAVES; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION BACKSCATTER; MULTIPATH ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

CONDUCTING SURFACES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; MODIFIED SURFACES; MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE; MULTIPATH SCATTERING; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

EID: 0031189841     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00909     Document Type: Article

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