A new SAR inversion scheme for ocean waves travelling into sea ice

Author

Schulz-Stellenfleth, J. ; Lehner, S.

Author_Institution

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Wessling, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2010

Abstract

A theory is developed to explain imaging artifacts observed on SAR images of ocean waves travelling into sea ice. Simulation studies show that the change of wave energy, direction and wavelength visible on SAR scenes can be explained by damping of short ocean waves. Based on the new model a SAR inversion scheme for the marginal ice zone is developed, yielding estimates for two dimensional ocean wave spectra and sea ice damping parameters

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; SAR image; damping; damping parameters; direction change; inversion scheme; marginal ice zone; measurement technique; ocean wave; radar imaging artifact; radar remote sensing; sea ice; sea surface; short ocean wave; short wave; synthetic aperture radar; theory; two dimensional ocean wave spectra; wave energy; Azimuth; Damping; Layout; Ocean waves; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Sea ice; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775016

Filename

775016