Permittivityofaseafoamlayerisveryimportantininvestigatingoceanbrightnesstemperaturemodel.Atmicrowavefrequency,theRayleighmethodisdevelopedtoestimatetheeffectivepermittivityoftheseafoamlayer.TosimplifythetediouscalculationofseafoameffectivepermittivityatLband(1.4GHz),Pade’approximationisadoptedtofittheseafoameffectivepermittivitycomputedbytheRayleighmethod.Withthisfittingformula,anewbrightnesstemperaturemodelofseafoamlayerdefinedbycertaingeophysicalparameters,suchasairvolumefraction(AVF),seasurfacetemperature(SST),seasurfacesalinity(SSS)andthicknessoffoamlayerd,isgiven.Furthermore,thesensitivitiesofthebrightnesstemperaturemodeltoSST,SSS,dandAVFofaseafoamlayeratLbandarediscussed.Thesensitivitiesarerankedfrommosttoleastintheorder:(1)d;(2)AVF;(3)SSS;(4)SST.ThisresultindicatesthatthemeasurementerrorsofdandAVFhavesignificantimpactsontheretrievalsofSSSandSST.Withtheexperimentalbrightnesstemperaturedata,theSSSandAFVareretrievedbycostfunction.
