Radar backscattering from a sea having an anisotropic large-scale surface, part 2

Abstract

A two scale scattering model was derived that combines specular reflections from sea waves and Bragg scattering in a manner consistent with energy conservation. The effect of the tilting of the small scale roughness by the large scale roughness was included, which accounted for the reduction of reflected power. The special case of backscattering for which the transmitted polarization equaled the received polarization was considered. An anisotropic large scale surface was used to specify the probability density function of the large scale surface normal. In order to isolate the azimuthal variation of the normalized radar cross section produced by the anisotropic probability density function, an isotropical small scale spectrum was assumed.