Resonant scattering of the centimeter range radio waves in the presence of the long sea waves

Abstract

The effects of the resonance scattering of centimeter range radio waves due to changes in long wave slopes of the sea surface are analyzed. We obtained estimates of the energy impact of wavelengths, as well as distribution deviations of sea surface slopes from Gaussian distribution. It has been shown that the presence of long wavelength may result in increase of the effective backscatter cross section of 50% with a horizontal polarization and 35% in the vertical polarization.