Simulation study on optimal conditions for internal wave observation by SAR

Author

Jingsong, Yang ; Weigen, Huang ; Changbao, Zhou ; Qingmei, Xiao

Author_Institution

Lab. of Ocean Dynamic Processes & Satellite Oceanogr., State Oceanic Adm., Hangzhou, China

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3288

Abstract

A simulation model for internal wave observation by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has been developed based on the radar imaging mechanism of internal waves. The model consists of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation, the action balance equation and the radar backscattering model. The results of the simulation model have been used to study the image characteristics of internal waves, the optimal SAR parameters (frequency, polarization, incidence angle and look direction) for observing internal waves and the relationship between internal wave related parameters (amplitude, pycnocline depth, density variation of pycnocline) and SAR observation of internal waves

Keywords

Korteweg-de Vries equation; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; KdV equation; Korteweg-de Vries equation; SAR; action balance equation; amplitude; density variation; frequency; image characteristics; incidence angle; internal wave observation; look direction; optimal conditions; polarization; pycnocline depth; radar backscattering; radar imaging; simulation model; synthetic aperture radar; Backscatter; Equations; Frequency; Polarization; Radar imaging; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978331

Filename

978331