简介：Thispaperstudiesthedevelopmentonthefirstorderseacluttercrosssectionforbistatichighfrequencysurfacewaveradar(HFSWR).Basedonthereceivedfirstorderelectricfieldexpression,aclosed-formofcrosssectionsisderivedtoaccountforthecaseofreceivingantennaarraybeingmountedontheshipborneplatform.Theuniformlinearmotionandswaymotioncomponentsareassumedtoberesponsiblefortheobserveddifferencesincomparisonwiththebistaticfixedantennacase.Correspondingly,simulationsareconductedtostudytheseaclutterspectralcharacteristicsforthesetwocasesversusdifferentsystemparametersandseastateconditions.ItisshownnumericallythattheforwardmotioncomponentwillspreadtheBragglinesseverelyandtheinfluencetriggeredbytheswaymotioncanbeexplainedastheBesselfunctionmodulationoftheordinaryseaclutterspectra.TheobtainedresultshaveimportantimplicationsintheapplicationofshipborneHFSWRtechnologytooceanremotesensingandtargetdetection.