| To progress in the understanding of the impact of nonlinear wave profiles in scattering from sea surfaces, a nonlinear model for infinite-depth gravity waves is considered. This model, termed as the "Choppy Wave" Model (CWM), is based on horizontal deformation of a linear reference random surface. It is numerically efficient and enjoys explicit second-order statistics for height and slope, which makes it well adapted to a large family of scattering models. We incorporate the CWM into a Kirchhoff or small-slope approximation and derive statistical expressions for the corresponding incoherent cross section. We insist on the importance of "undressing" the wavenumber spectrum to generate a nonlinear surface with a prescribed spectrum. Interestingly, the... |
