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WE wish to point out a connexion between two independently observed empirical constants: σ0, the “ −23 db” backscattering cross-section of the sea surface to high frequency radar ground waves for a broad range of wind conditions, and the constant B≈0.005 in the Phillips spectrum Bk−4 for a saturated sea. This connexion is σ0≈B.
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MUNK, W., NIERENBERG, W. High Frequency Radar Sea Return and the Phillips Saturation Constant. Nature 224, 1285 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241285a0
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