Hull characteristics from SAR images of ship wakes

Author

Wang, Henry T. ; Griffin, Owen M. ; Meadows, Guy A.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1278

Abstract

Current data collection and processing technologies, along with the use of high resolution spectral techniques, make it possible in many cases to obtain estimates of the Kelvin wave amplitude function A(θ), ship speed U, and ship heading α from SAR images of ship wakes. From this information, this paper presents a series of methods for deriving additional hull characteristics such as the length L, volume V, and offsets ζ(x,z)

Keywords

military systems; radar applications; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; ships; synthetic aperture radar; wakes; Kelvin wave amplitude function; SAR image; direction; heading; hull characteristics; length; marine radar; offsets; radar imaging; remote sensing; ship; ship speed; ship wake; signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; volume; Amplitude estimation; Geometry; Image resolution; Kelvin; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Optical wavelength conversion; Polynomials; Radar imaging; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399416

Filename

399416