Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. (2013) 64: 24505
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2013120437

Numerical modeling of electromagnetic waves scattering from 2D coastal breaking sea waves^*

¹ Lab-STICC UMR CNRS 6285, ENSTA-Bretagne, rue Francois Verny, 29806 Brest cedex 9, France
² LBMS-DFMS EA 4325, ENSTA-Bretagne, rue Francois Verny, 29806 Brest cedex 9, France

^a e-mail: refzul.khairi@gmail.com

Received: 2 October 2012
Revised: 30 January 2013
Accepted: 31 January 2013
Published online: 6 November 2013

Abstract

The aim of this work is to model the interaction of L-band electromagnetic waves with coastal breaking sea waves. The breaking sea waves’ profiles are generated using the desingularized technique and the electromagnetic waves scattering is computed using the high-order method of moments (HO-MoM) combined with non uniform rational basis spline (NURBS) geometry. Our study mainly focuses upon the electromagnetic waves behavior in the crest and the cavity of breaking sea waves.