EFFECT OF RAINFALL ON SEA-SURFACE MICROWAVE THERMAL EMISSION

Authors
BULATOV MG KRAVTSOV YA PUNGIN VG SKVORTSOV EI
Citation
Mg. Bulatov et al., EFFECT OF RAINFALL ON SEA-SURFACE MICROWAVE THERMAL EMISSION, Waves in random media, 8(1), 1998, pp. 103-109
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Waves in random media → ACNP
ISSN journal
09597174
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
103 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-7174(1998)8:1<103:EOROSM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The results of radiometric experiments on the effect of rainfall on se a-surface microwave thermal emission are considered. The sea surface i s described as a multitude of independent ring waves, perturbed by rai n, and characterized by a power spectrum determined by rain parameters . This description allows us to explain the increase of the brightness temperature of a perturbed sea surface as the result of the resonance phenomenon in thermal emission.