Title :
Wind-direction dependence of quasi-2D SAR signatures
Author :
Sikora, Todd D. ; Young, George S.
Author_Institution :
US Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA
Abstract :
Documents the typical variations in quasi-two dimensional marine atmospheric boundary layer SAR signature orientation with respect to the near-surface mean wind direction, making it of practical interest to those researchers using such techniques to infer wind speed from SAR imagery.
Keywords :
radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; SAR imagery; marine atmospheric boundary layer; near-surface mean wind direction; quasi-2D SAR signature orientation; wind speed; wind-direction dependence; Backscatter; Clocks; Failure analysis; Image analysis; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar; Transfer functions; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026289
