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Estimation of the contribution of wind variability to the ocean wave-radar modulation transfer function

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Variations of the wind-wave interaction coefficient for Bragg ripples have been calculated which allow the radar modulation transfer function (MTF) to be derived in view of the variations of wind flow over the long wave profile. It is shown that the wind component of the MTF is significant only for swell.

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  1. S. A. Grodsky
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  2. V. N. Kudryavtsev
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Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.

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Grodsky, S.A., Kudryavtsev, V.N. & Makin, V.K. Estimation of the contribution of wind variability to the ocean wave-radar modulation transfer function. Soviet Journal of Physical Oceanography 3, 17–26 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198489

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