Vertical Refractivity profiles within the Marine Surface Boundary Layer

摘要

Strong refraction effects are generally observed within The Marine Surface Boundary Layer. Thus, the performances of the electromagnetic sensors are greatly affected by the vertical refractivity profiles. The accurate prediction of these performances requires a very small vertical resolution. This results in a large amount of data to be stored. A very promising alternative is to describe the vertical profiles with simple analytical formulas without major deteriorations of the predicted propagation results.