TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of statistical surface models on dynamic scattering of high-frequency signals from the ocean surface (A)
AU - Bjerrum-Niese, Christian
AU - Jensen, Leif Bjørnø
N1 - Copyright (1994) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Temporal variations of scattering of high-frequency, monochromatic signals from the ocean surface has been studied numerically. In the high-frequency domain the dynamic scattering can be modeled by a coherence function of the scattered pressure field, which is based on the Kirchhoff integral; the surface roughness is described by a spatial surface spectrum and the surface motion is described by the gravity-wave dispersion relation [D. Dowling and D. Jackson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 3149–3157 (1993)]. Applying some modifications to this approach, the temporal coherence function is found by numerical evaluation of a double integral. The time-varying scattering can be examined in the frequency domain by the power spectrum (the Fourier transform of the coherence function). It is examined how a monochromatic signal is shifted and smeared in the frequency domain by comparing computations for the Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum (for a fully developed sea) with computations for the JONSWAP spectrum (for fetch-limited seas). The following results, among other issues, have been obtained: As the fetch decreases, the surface waves become shorter, leading to increasing frequency shifting of the scattered signal. [Work sponsored by the Danish Technical Research Council and the EU/MAST programme.]
AB - Temporal variations of scattering of high-frequency, monochromatic signals from the ocean surface has been studied numerically. In the high-frequency domain the dynamic scattering can be modeled by a coherence function of the scattered pressure field, which is based on the Kirchhoff integral; the surface roughness is described by a spatial surface spectrum and the surface motion is described by the gravity-wave dispersion relation [D. Dowling and D. Jackson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 3149–3157 (1993)]. Applying some modifications to this approach, the temporal coherence function is found by numerical evaluation of a double integral. The time-varying scattering can be examined in the frequency domain by the power spectrum (the Fourier transform of the coherence function). It is examined how a monochromatic signal is shifted and smeared in the frequency domain by comparing computations for the Pierson–Moskowitz spectrum (for a fully developed sea) with computations for the JONSWAP spectrum (for fetch-limited seas). The following results, among other issues, have been obtained: As the fetch decreases, the surface waves become shorter, leading to increasing frequency shifting of the scattered signal. [Work sponsored by the Danish Technical Research Council and the EU/MAST programme.]
U2 - 10.1121/1.411137
DO - 10.1121/1.411137
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0001-4966
VL - 96
SP - 3232
EP - 3232
JO - Acoustical Society of America. Journal
JF - Acoustical Society of America. Journal
IS - 5
ER -