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Scattering by Artificial Wind and Rain Roughened Water Surfaces at Oblique IncidencesRain affects wind retrievals from scatterometric measurements of the sea surface. To depict the additional roughness caused by rain on a wind driven surface, we use a ring-wave spectral model. This enables us to analyse the rain effect on K(u) band scatterometric observations from two laboratory experiments. Calculations based on the small perturbation method provide good simulation of scattering measurements for the rain-only case, whereas for combined wind and rain cases, the boundary perturbation method is appropriate.
Document ID
20000038165
Acquisition Source
Wallops Flight Facility
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Craeye, C.
(Universite Catholique de Louvain Belgium)
Sobieski, P. W.
(Universite Catholique de Louvain Belgium)
Bliven, L. F.
(NASA Wallops Flight Facility Wallops Island, VA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes Research Publications
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Distribution Limits
Public
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