Title :
On the theory of SAR ocean wave imaging
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
fDate :
9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Ocean wave imaging with a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is considered. It is noted that the imaging is mainly due to a variable number of the subimages of different ocean surface elements superimposed at each image plane point. This mechanism is nonlinear, in principle, acting on the ocean surface represented as a random process. SAR image spectra are calculated for representative values of ocean state and imaging geometry parameters
Keywords :
ocean waves; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR ocean wave imaging; high-resolution synthetic aperture radar; imaging geometry parameters; nonlinear mechanism; ocean state; ocean surface; ocean surface elements; Equations; Fluctuations; Geometry; High-resolution imaging; Ocean waves; Orbital calculations; Random processes; Sea surface; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
