Title
Third Stokes parameter emission from a periodic water surface
Abstract
An experiment in which the third Stokes parameter thermal emission from a periodic water surface was measured is documented. This parameter is shown to be related to the direction of periodicity of the periodic surface and to approach brightnesses of up to 30 K at X-band for the surface used in the experiment. The surface actually analyzed was a "two-layer" periodic surface; the theory of thermal emission from such a surface is derived and the theoretical results are found to be in good agreement with the experimental measurements. These results further the idea of using the third Stokes parameter emission as an indicator of wind direction over the ocean.<>
Year
DOI
Venue
1993
10.1109/36.263778
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric radiation,ocean waves,polarimetry,remote sensing,X-band,ocean surface,passive polarimetry,periodic water surface,periodicity,remote sensing,third Stokes parameter thermal emission,two-layer periodic surface,wind direction indicator
Wind wave,Stokes parameters,Surface water,Remote sensing,Wind direction,Swell,Emissivity,Periodic graph (geometry),Mathematics,Brightness
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
5
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
20.27
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J. T. Johnson16931.71
J. A. Kong210156.90
R. T. Shin312064.44
D. H. Staelin415359.35
K. O'Neill5920.27
A. W. Lananick6920.27