Title :
Analysis of surface wind retrieval in coastal areas from SAR
Author :
Carvajal, Gisela K. ; Eriksson, Leif E. B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Earth & Space Sci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
There are different parameters inherent to coastal areas that can affect the backscattering of the ocean surface detected by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The parameters include the influence of land, the influence of the SAR acquisition geometry, and the influence of backscattering features not directly related to wind variations. This work focuses on the study of the influence of those parameters for the performance of surface wind retrieval with C-band SAR data in coastal areas.
Keywords :
oceanographic regions; synthetic aperture radar; wind; C-band SAR data; English Channel; SAR; SAR acquisition geometry; backscattering features; coastal areas; ocean surface backscattering; surface wind retrieval analysis; synthetic aperture radar; wind variations; Backscatter; Predictive models; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sensors; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind; SAR; coastal; wind;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947339
