Ocean surface imaging with a focused phased array imaging radar

Author

Frasier, Stephen ; Liu, Yong ; McIntosh, Robert

Author_Institution

Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

469

Abstract

FOPAIR is a FOcused Phased Array Imaging Radar developed for fine-scale ocean surface measurement applications. It is a coherent X-band radar that provides high-resolution, high-speed imagery of a fixed footprint on the ocean surface. This paper briefly describes the instrument and presents sample imagery from an engineering test conducted at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in July 1993. The radar successfully imaged waves and localized transient features on the surface including those apparently due to interfering wave groups

Keywords

microwave imaging; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; FOPAIR; SHF microwave; coherent X-band radar; fine-scale; focused phased array imaging radar; imagery; instrument equipment; interfering wave group; localized transient feature; measurement technique; ocean wave; radar remote sensing; satellite; sea surface; surface imaging; Focusing; High-resolution imaging; Oceans; Phase measurement; Phased arrays; Radar applications; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399155

Filename

399155