Effect of a Rough Sea Anisotropy on Angular Dependences of the Ocean Microwave Radiation*.

Experimental results of the azimuth anisotropy measurements for the radio brightness of rough sea-surface are under discussion here. A statistically valid model of the sea surface has been proposed as a set of dual-slope prisms, orthogonal oriented to the surface wind direction. The conformity of results with other models and the adequacy of dependencies for wind contribution to the brightness temperature been estimated on the basis of this model and experimentally obtained. have been noted in this work. Sea wind-roughness peculiarities responsible for the behavior of angular dependencies of the azimuth anisotropy of radio brightness contrasts are interpreted here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]