Title :
Temporal analysis of synthetic aperture radar signatures in a back bay-barrier island system
Author :
Donato, Timothy F. ; Bachmann, Charles M. ; Fusina, Robert A. ; Oertel, George F. ; Carlson, Charles R.
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We examine a 3-year sequence of SAR Imagery consisting of 30 RADARSAT frames and find a relationship between radar cross section and tide stage and bathymetry. Most notably, we observe that SAR signal intensity switches between banks within tidal channels on tide reversal
Keywords :
backscatter; geomorphology; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; tides; AD 1997 to 2000; Delmarva Peninsula; Hog Island Bay; North Atlantic; RADARSAT; SAR; SAR Imagery; USA; United States; Virginia; back bay; barrier island; bathymetry; coast; coastline; geomorphology; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; ocean; radar cross section; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; synthetic aperture radar; temporal analysis; terrain mapping; tidal channel; tidal flats; tide; wetlands; Protection; Synthetic aperture radar; US Government;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977938
