Temporal analysis of synthetic aperture radar signatures in a back bay-barrier island system

Author

Donato, Timothy F. ; Bachmann, Charles M. ; Fusina, Robert A. ; Oertel, George F. ; Carlson, Charles R.

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2169

Abstract

We examine a 3-year sequence of SAR Imagery consisting of 30 RADARSAT frames and find a relationship between radar cross section and tide stage and bathymetry. Most notably, we observe that SAR signal intensity switches between banks within tidal channels on tide reversal

Keywords

backscatter; geomorphology; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; tides; AD 1997 to 2000; Delmarva Peninsula; Hog Island Bay; North Atlantic; RADARSAT; SAR; SAR Imagery; USA; United States; Virginia; back bay; barrier island; bathymetry; coast; coastline; geomorphology; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; ocean; radar cross section; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; synthetic aperture radar; temporal analysis; terrain mapping; tidal channel; tidal flats; tide; wetlands; Protection; Synthetic aperture radar; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977938

Filename

977938