Internal waves in the Strait of Messina observed by the ERS 1/2 synthetic aperture radar

Author

Brandt, Peter ; Rubino, Angelo ; Alpers, Werner

Author_Institution

Inst. of Oceanography, Hamburg Univ., Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1487

Abstract

Radar images acquired from 1991 to 1995 by the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) aboard the European Remote Sensing satellites ERS 1 and ERS 2 have been used to study the dynamics of internal solitary waves in the Strait of Messina. Roughness patterns of internal waves which are imaged by the SARs are compared with surface convergence patterns calculated by an one-dimensional, two-layer numerical model which describes the generation and propagation of internal waves in the Strait of Messina

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic regions; AD 1991; AD 1992; AD 1993; AD 1994; AD 1995; ERS 1; ERS 2; Italy; Mediterranean Sea; SAR; Sicily; Strait of Messina; coast; dynamics; internal solitary wave; internal wave; ocean wave; one-dimensional model; radar remote sensing observations; roughness patterns; sea surface; synthetic aperture radar; two-layer numerical model; Convergence of numerical methods; Numerical models; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Surface roughness; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516706

Filename

516706