Title :
Sea state variability and coastal interaction processes observed by high resolution TerraSAR-X satellite radar images
Author :
Lehner, Susanne ; Pleskachevsky, Andrey L. ; Bruck, Miguel
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Technol. Inst., German Aerosp. Centre (DLR), Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
Methods to derive wind speed and the sea state from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data with a high resolution are presented and applied for use in numerical modeling for coastal application. The wind and sea state information retrieved from SAR data are applied as input for a wave numerical spectral model (wind forcing and boundary condition of sea state) running at fine spatial horizontal resolution of 100m. Examples for the German Bight, North Sea are shown.
Keywords :
geophysical image processing; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; synthetic aperture radar; wind; German Bight; North Sea; SAR data; boundary condition; coastal application; coastal interaction processes; fine spatial horizontal resolution; high resolution TerraSAR-X satellite radar images; numerical modeling; sea state information; sea state variability; synthetic aperture radar satellite data; wave numerical spectral model; wind forcing; wind speed; Data models; Image resolution; Numerical models; Sea measurements; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed; TerraSAR-X; modeling; waves; wind;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352040
