Coastal ocean studies using shipbased scatterometer during NORCSEX´91

Author

Onstott, Robert G. ; Davidson, Kenneth

Author_Institution

Environmental Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

770

Abstract

During November of 1991, microwave scattering measurements were obtained from a research vessel in support of coastal ocean studies in coordination with the commissioning phase of the newly launched ERS-1 spacecraft. The NORwegian Continental Shelf EXperiment provided in situ observations of wind-wave-current interactions in coincidence with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) acquisitions. The scattering measurements made from ship were acquired at 1.5, 5.25, and 9.38 GHz, VV or HH polarization, and incidence angles of 23° and 50°. Insight gained from the in situ observations will be used in the interpretation of the oceanographic and meteorological features found in SAR imagery

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; 1.5 GHz; 5.25 GHz; 9.38 GHz; NORCSEX´91; NORwegian Continental Shelf EXperiment; SAR imagery; SHF; UHF; coastal ocean studies; incidence angles; microwave scattering measurements; shipbased scatterometer; synthetic aperture radar; wind-wave-current interactions; Marine vehicles; Microwave measurements; Oceans; Phase measurement; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Space vehicles; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

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.1993.322223

Filename

322223