Investigation of Oyashio-Kuroshio frontal zone using alos PALSAR images and ancillary information

Author

Mitnik, Leonid M. ; Lobanov, Vyacheslav B.

Author_Institution

V.I. I´´ichev Pacific Oceanological Inst., Vladivostok, Russia

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

1589

Lastpage

1592

Abstract

The Kuroshio-Oyashio frontal zone is characterized by the complicated circulation; the presence of warm and cold eddies of different scales and narrow jets, many temperature fronts and intensive air-sea interaction. This region is also well known as one of the good commercial fish grounds in the world ocean. High probability of cloudiness in this area hinders getting the regular information on the sea surface using satellite infrared and visible sensors such as AVHRR and MODIS as opposite to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. In the paper, warm eddies revealed on ALOS PALSAR images in the Kuroshio-Oyashio transition are analyzed together with ancillary satellite and in situ data.

Keywords

jets; oceanographic regions; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ALOS PALSAR images; Oyashio-Kuroshio frontal zone; Synthetic Aperture Radar images; air-sea interaction; cloudiness; cold eddies; jets; warm eddies; Ocean temperature; Radar imaging; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; ALOS PALSAR; Kuroshio-Oyashio transition zone; SST; chlorophyll-a; warm eddies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049450

Filename

6049450