Scatterometer returns from water surfaces agitated by rain

Lary Bliven (1) , Jean-Paul Giovanangeli (2) , Hubert Branger (2) , Piotr Sobieski (3)

1 WFF - NASA Wallops Flight Facility
2 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre
3 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain

Rain drops falling into the ocean generate small centimetric water waves. These waves contibute to an increasing of radar return cross section. Effect of rain on radar signature is evaluated

Mots clés: rain; radar; signature; water waves; ocean; cross section; scatterometer

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Océan, Atmosphère

Lary Bliven, Jean-Paul Giovanangeli, Hubert Branger, Piotr Sobieski. Scatterometer returns from water surfaces agitated by rain. Donelan, Hui and Plant. Air-Sea Interface, University of Toronto Press, pp.680-685, 1996. ⟨hal-00229848⟩