Investigation of bistatic radar scattering from sea surfaces with breaking waves

Recently the bistatic radar systems have seen increasing attention and development for the advantages in remote sensing of ocean surfaces. With the considerable merits of spatial diversity, bistatic systems supplement the retrieval of ocean physical parameters with conventional monostatic systems. For instance, an emerging bistatic radar technique, global navigation satellite signal reflectometry (GNSS-R), has been developed and utilized in retrieval of high wind speed. Moreover, bistatic phenomena such as the Brewster effect can reveal target properties that are not revealed clearly in monostatic scattering [1]. Therefore, for better application of ocean microwave remote sensing, understanding of bistatic scattering from the ocean surface is crucial and meaningful.