| Project: |
C-band (4-8 GHz)
FMCW Radar System for Ocean Wave Scatterometry |
| Investigators: |
Marshall Tulin, Joern Fuchs, Bob York |
| Collaborators: |
- UCSB Ocean Science Department
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| Funded
by: |
U.S. Navy |
| Description: |
This work was aimed at developing an improved understanding
of scattering mechanisms from breaking waves on a rough ocean, simulated with UCSB's Wave
Tank system in the Ocean Science Department (directed by Prof. Marshall Tulin). A
bi-static FMCW radar (4-8 GHz) system with electro-mechanical polarization control (HH,
HV, VH, VV) was developed and synchronized with a video capture system to pinpoint
scattering events. Measured data using this system, along with advanced
modelling of breaking waves by Prof. Tulin's group, provided a compelling explanation for
observed anomalously large and poliarization-dependent scattering returns using a
simple ray-tracing argument. |
| See
Also: |
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| Pictured at right: (top) RF front end and digital interface
electronics; (middle) view of the T/R antennas from upstream; (bottom) View of the Wave
Tank from the radar location. At the top end are large fans for generating surface
wind. |
