What are the mechanisms for non-Bragg scattering from water wave surfaces?

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-138

  Lee, P H Y ^a   Barter, J D ^a   Beach, K L ^a   Lake, B M ^a   Rungaldier, H ^a   Thompson, H R ^a   Wang, L ^a   Yee, R ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; MICROWAVES;

BRAGG SCATTERING; BREAKING WAVES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; GRAZING ANGLES; MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE; ROUGHENED SURFACES; WAVE STEEPNESS; WAVE SURFACE;

SURFACE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

NON-BRAGG SCATTERING;

EID: 0032761311     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998RS900024     Document Type: Article

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