The effect of the real aperture radar modulation on the interferometric SAR imagery of ocean waves

Author

Shemer, Lev

Author_Institution

Dept. of Fluid Mech., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

22

Abstract

The theoretical model developed allows the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and the along track Interferometric SAR (INSAR) imagery of a monochromatic ocean wave to be simulated. The model accounts for the effects of the real aperture radar (RAR) modulation of the radar backscatter cross-section. The comparison of the SAR and the INSAR imagery of the wave system under consideration is carried out and the performance of the two imaging systems is studied under various operational conditions. The results of the study indicate that the phase component of the interferometric SAR is less sensitive to the RAR modulation as compared to the regular SAR

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; INSAR; RAR; SAR; SAR method; along track Interferometric SAR; imaging; interferometric SAR imagery; measurement technique; monochromatic ocean wave; phase component; radar backscatter cross-section; real aperture radar modulation; sea surface radar remote sensing; theoretical model; Backscatter; Ocean waves; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Radar tracking; Sea surface; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry;

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.1993.322463

Filename

322463