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Recent studies have shown that a common two-scale scattering model accounting for resonance (Bragg) scattering has some drawbacks, in particular it often overestimates the vertical-to-horizontal polarization radar return ratio and underestimates the radar Doppler shifts if the latter are assumed as associated with quasi linear resonance surface waves. It is supposed nowadays that radar backscattering at moderate incidence angles is determined not only by resonance Bragg mechanism but also contains non polarized (non Bragg) component which is associated supposedly with wave breaking but which is still insufficiently studied. Better understanding of the scattering mechanisms can be achieved when studying variations of radar return due to long wind waves. In this paper, results of experiments from an Oceanographic Platform on the Black Sea using dual co-polarized X-band scatterometers working at moderate incidence are presented and variations of Bragg and non-Bragg components (BC and NBC, respectively) and radar Doppler shifts are analysed. It is established that BC and NBC are non-uniformly distributed over profile of dominant (decametre-scale) wind waves (DWW). Variations of BC are characterized by some \u201cbackground\u201d return weakly modulated with the dominant wind wave periods, while NBC is determined mostly by rare and strong spikes occurred near the crests of the most intense individual waves in groups of DWW. We hypothesize that the spikes are due to intensification of nonlinear structures on the profile of short, decimetre-scale wind waves when the latter are amplified by intense DWW. Bragg scattering in slicks under the experimental conditions was suppressed stronger than NBC and spikes dominated in total radar return. It is obtained that radar Doppler shifts at HH-polarization are larger than at VV-polarization, particularly in slicks, the same relation is for NBC and BC Doppler shifts, thus indicating different scattering mechanisms for these components.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11040423","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,20]],"date-time":"2019-02-20T03:05:52Z","timestamp":1550631952000},"page":"423","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Modulation of Dual-Polarized X-Band Radar Backscatter Due to Long Wind Waves"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Irina A.","family":"Sergievskaya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"given":"Stanislav A.","family":"Ermakov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6528-7589","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexey V.","family":"Ermoshkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6845-3119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivan A.","family":"Kapustin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"given":"Alexander A.","family":"Molkov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"given":"Olga A.","family":"Danilicheva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]},{"given":"Olga V.","family":"Shomina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Uljanova St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00913863","article-title":"Theories for the interaction of electromagnetic and oceanic waves\u2014A review","volume":"13","author":"Valenzuela","year":"1978","journal-title":"Bound. 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