Title :
Satellite observation of the Zhejiang-Fujian coastal front in the East China Sea
Author :
Huang, Weigen ; Lou, Xiulin ; Yang, Jingsong ; Shi, Aiqing ; Xiao, Qingmei ; Lin, Chuanlan
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Ocean Dynamic Processes & Satellite Oceanogr., State Oceanic Adm., Hangzhou
Abstract :
The Zhejiang-Fujian coastal front in the East China Sea has been studied using an 12-year time series (1991-2002) of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images. Satellite observation has shown that the front exits all year round and has a length scale of about 597 km. The strength and width of the front vary with average values of 0.14 degC/km and 14 km respectively. The front is characterized by the presence along its edges of rings which have a time scale of 1-7 days and a length of 30-90 km
Keywords :
artificial satellites; microwave measurement; ocean temperature; oceanographic regions; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; 1 to 7 day; 30 to 90 km; AD 1991-2002; AVHRR; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; East China Sea; Zhejiang-Fujian coastal front; satellite observation; sea surface front; Calibration; Image resolution; Infrared imaging; Ocean temperature; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Software packages; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370460
