Imaging of ocean features by SIR-C/X-SAR: an overview

Author

Alpers, Werner ; Holt, Benjamin

Author_Institution

Inst. of Oceanography, Hamburg Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1588

Abstract

During the two SIR-C/X-SAR flights in April and October 1994 a unique and exciting data set of multifrequency/multipolarization synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of the ocean surface was acquired. The key ocean features seen in the SAR imagery include ocean swell, internal waves, oceanic fronts, eddies, current features, and atmospheric induced phenomena, including atmospheric fronts and rain cells. Some examples of SIR-C/X-SAR images acquired over the ocean are presented

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1994; SAR imagery; SIR; SIR-C; X-SAR; X-band SHF microwave; air sea interaction; current; dynamics; eddies; internal wave; measurement technique; multifrequency; multipolarization; ocean feature; ocean swell; ocean wave; oceanic front; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; sea surface; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Atmospheric waves; Ice; Instruments; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Rain; Sea surface; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521817

Filename

521817