Effective dielectric constant model of electromagnetic backscattering from stratified air–sea surface film

Effective dielectric constant model of electromagnetic backscattering from stratified air–sea surface film–sea water medium

Xie Tao^{1, 2, 3, †}, Perrie William³, Fang He^{1, 2}, Zhao Li^{1, 2}, Yu Wen-Jin^{1, 2}, He Yi-Jun^{1, 2}

Geometries for the air–ocean surface film–sea water media represented as a flat boundaries layered structure: (a) three-layer structure of air, film, and water; (b) effective two-layer structure of air and the effective medium corresponding to the scenario in panel (a).