Dielectric and Radiative Properties of Surface Water over the Persian Gulf at L-Band
permittivity, refractive index, reflectivity, persian gulf, L-band, remote sensing
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For microwave remote sensing applications over the ocean using radars and radiometers, a precise knowledge of dielectric and radiative Properties of surface water is required. In present work, spatial and temporal variability of the complex permittivity and refractive index , as well as reflectivity of Persian Gulf water for normal incidence, at L-Band (1.4 GHz), which has not been investigated before, is studied by using an empirical model. The calculations results indicate a relatively significant spatial and seasonal variability in the dielectric and radiative properties of the Gulf due to large variations in temperature and salinity of surface water. The mean real refractive index n over the Gulf surface water varies from a minimum value of 7.295 in December to a maximum value of 7.875 in June with annual mean of 7.581. The extinction coefficient k reaches maximum value of 2.036 in June and minimum value of 1/303 in January and its annual mean over the Persian Gulf is 1.674.
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