Title :
X-band dual-beam Doppler radar observations of the Chesapeake Bay outflow plume
Author :
Allan, Nicholas ; Trizna, Dennis B.
Author_Institution :
SFA Inc., Largo, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents observations of the Chesapeake Bay outflow plume front made with a new frequency-modulated interrupted continuous-wave (FMICW) dual-beam Doppler radar. The radar was deployed aboard the University of Delaware´s Cape Henlopen research vessel for participation in the Naval Research Laboratory´s (NRL) Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume Experiments (COPE-I and COPE-II), which took place during September 1996 and May 1997. Relative radar cross-section and surface scatterer velocity vector measurements of the surface manifestation of the plume were made along with sub-surface current measurements made with an acoustic Doppler current profiler. The results show that the surface scatterer velocity obtained with the radar can be very different than that obtained with the current profiler
Keywords :
Doppler radar; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; AD 1996; AD 1997; COPE; Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume Experiment; Chesapeake Bay outflow plume; North Atlantic; USA; X-band; circulation; coast; current; dual-beam Doppler radar; dynamics; frequency-modulated interrupted continuous-wave radar; measurement technique; ocean; plume front; radar remote sensing; surface scatterer velocity; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic scattering; Doppler radar; Laboratories; Light scattering; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703789
