Studies of sea surface waves using microwave ΔK-spectrometer, scatterometer and radiometer

Author

Bulatov, M.G. ; Etkin, V.S. ; Mikhailova, E.A. ; Pungin, V.G. ; Raev, M.D. ; Skvortsov, E.I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1627

Abstract

Presents some results of complex aircraft experiment conducted to study sea surface in the NW Pacific near the Kamchatka Peninsula. The present experiment was conducted using a ^Δk-spectrometer (dual-frequency scatterometer) simultaneously with a scatterometer and a radiometer for the measurement of radar backscatter and brightness temperature variations. The application of these instruments made it possible to reconstruct the current velocity picture and temperature fronts in the shelf area and to connect these phenomena with underwater bottom topography. Zones of internal wave packets were identified and estimates were made of the influence of currents associated with internal waves on the surface wave spectra transformation

Keywords

microwave imaging; ocean waves; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; ΔK-spectrometer; Pacific; coast; current velocity; dynamics; internal wave packet; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; ocean wave radar remote sensing; radar backscatter; scatterometry; sea surface wave; shelf; temperature front; underwater bottom topography; Aircraft; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface reconstruction; Surface topography; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322069

Filename

322069