[MLB-WIRELESS] hops over water - reflective properties of water for microwaves...

[paul van den bergen]

Hi all.

anyone have any idea how microwaves behave in reflection?  I know water is 
"solid" as far as water is concerned... but would a directional beam bounce 
off water? and how shallow would the beam need to be wrt the water surface - 
(never mind that the ocean is largely not flat - even at 12.5 cm 
wavelengths...)
-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
caia.swin.edu.au
pvandenbergen at swin.edu.au
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