Radar Scattering from Modulated Wind Waves

Session 1 Tidal Currents and Bathymetry.- Determining the currents over Phelps Bank.- Studies of the sea surface with radar in the Netherlands.- Session 2 Electromagnetic Scattering.- Calculation of microwave Doppler spectra from the ocean surface with a time-dependent composite model.- Limitations of the two-scale theory for microwave backscatter from the ocean.- First results of the VIERS-1 experiment.- Session 3 The Energy Balance in Short Waves.- Effects of reduced surface tension on short waves at low wind speeds in a fresh water lake.- The energy balance in short gravity waves.- Derivation of Phillips a parameter from turbulent diffusion as a damping mechanism.- Temporal and spatial variability of the wind stress vector.- Energy balance in small scale waves - An experimental approach using optical slope measuring technique and image processing.- On the changes in phase speed of one train of water waves in the presence of another.- Session 4 Perturbation of the Gravity-Capillary Wave Spectrum by Current Variation.- SAR imaging of ocean waves in the presence of variable currents.- The Modulation Transfer Function: concept and applications.- Measurement of short wave modulation by long waves using stereophotography and a laser-slope sensor in TOWARD.- The surface signatures of internal waves in the ocean: Introduction and systematics.- The surface signatures of internal waves in the ocean: Some particular cases.- Short wave modulation and breaking, experimental results.- Nonlinearity as the missing link between wavelets and currents.- The trickle down of wave modulations from swell to gravity-capillary waves.- The mapping of underwater bottom topography with SLAR.- Session 5 General Discussion.- General discussion on electromagnetic scattering.- General discussion onthe energy balance in short wind waves.- General discussion on perturbation of the gravity-capillary wave spectrum by current variations.- Author index.- List of participants.