Directional Wavenumber Characteristics of Short Sea Waves

摘要

Short waves on the ocean surface play an important role in surface electromagnetic (e.m.) scattering. Electromagnetic scattering theory is well developed, but the short wavelength portion of the surface wave field has only recently been experimentally explored, and a single, consistent model of the wave height spectrum has yet to be developed. A new instrument was developed to measure the height of waves with 2-30 cm wavelengths at an array of locations which can be post-processed to generate an estimate of the two-dimensional wave height spectrum.