Title :
NOAA CoastWatch RADARSAT SAR coastal monitoring applications demonstration
Author :
Pichel, William ; Clemente-Colon, Pablo ; Friedman, Karen ; Li, Xiaofeng ; Wackerman, Christopher ; Beal, Robert ; Monald, Frank ; Tseng, William ; Liu, Antony ; Wu, Sunny
Author_Institution :
Office of Res. & Appl., NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, USA
Abstract :
A demonstration of coastal ocean applications of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is scheduled to begin in the fall of 1999 providing a select group of operational agencies in Alaska with near real-time SAR data along with derived winds and vessel positions. The purpose of the demonstration is to evaluate the usefulness and validate the accuracy of derived SAR products in a pre-operational context. A Constant False Alarm Rate algorithm is used for vessel detection and a modified CMOD4 scatterometer algorithm is used to derive wind estimates
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; marine radar; meteorological radar; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; Alaska; CMOD4 scatterometer algorithm; CoastWatch RADARSAT SAR; Constant False Alarm Rate algorithm; NOAA; accuracy; atmosphere; boundary layer; coast; coastal monitoring application; marine radar; measurement technique; meteorology; naval radar; ocean; pre-operational context; radar remote sensing; ship detection; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vessel position; wind; Environmental management; Ice; Image analysis; Monitoring; Oceans; Petroleum; Rivers; Satellites; Sea measurements; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771507
