Title :
Observation of natural and artificial features on the sea surface from SAR satellite imagery with in-situ measurements
Author :
Maingot, Chris ; Soloviev, Alexander ; Oilman, Mikhail ; Matt, Silvia ; Fenton, Jenny ; Lehner, Susanne ; Velotto, Domenico ; Brusch, Stephan ; Perrie, William ; Zhang, Biao
Author_Institution :
Oceanogr. Center, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania Beach, FL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, several examples of synthetic aperture radar images of the sea surface from TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 in the Straits of Florida are examined with corresponding in-situ data. The in-situ observations included vertical and horizontal fine thermo-haline structure, sonar transects, current velocity, directional wave characteristics, weather parameters, and Doppler weather radar data. The appearance of natural and artificial features in these images is discussed in relation to the environmental conditions during the overpass and the satellite sensor used for observation.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; geophysical image processing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Doppler weather radar data; Florida Straits; RADARSAT-2; SAR satellite imagery; TerraSAR-X; artificial features; current velocity; directional wave characteristics; natural features; sea surface; sonar transects; synthetic aperture radar; thermohaline structure; weather parameters; Marine vehicles; Radar imaging; Rain; Satellites; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar; sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6048937
