Title :
High resolution millimeterwave SAR for the remote sensing of wave patterns
Author :
Essen, Helmut ; Fuchs, Hans-Hellmuth ; Pagels, Anke
Author_Institution :
FGAN Res. Inst. for High Frequency Phys. & Radar Tech., Wachtberg
Abstract :
High resolution imaging of the ocean swell was performed using data collected with the polarimetric millimetre wave synthetic aperture radar MEMPHIS. The data, representative for a region off the south Spanish Atlantic coast in spring, have been evaluated using imaging and non-imaging statistical methods. The influence of high resolution processing on the clutter statistics for the Ka- and the W-band is discussed.
Keywords :
airborne radar; clutter; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; sea level; statistical analysis; synthetic aperture radar; Ka-band clutter statistics; MEMPHIS; Multi-frequency Experimental Monopulse High-resolution Interferometric SAR; W-band clutter statistics; frequency 35 GHz; frequency 94 GHz; high resolution millimeterwave SAR; high resolution ocean swell imaging; nonimaging statistical methods; polarimetric millimetric SAR; south Spanish Atlantic coast; synthetic aperture radar; wave pattern remote sensing; Bandwidth; Chirp; Frequency; High-resolution imaging; Polarization; Radar imaging; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; K-distribution wave pattern; Millimetre waves; SAR; polarimetry; resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422959
