Title :
Imaging of ocean waves by SIR-C/X-SAR over the North Sea and North Atlantic
Author :
Alpers, Werner ; Melsheimer, Christian ; Brüning, Claus ; Schmidt, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Oceanogr., Hamburg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
First results of the imaging of ocean waves by SIR-C/X-SAR over the North Sea and North Atlantic are presented. It is shown that the SAR imaging of ocean waves depends only weakly on the radar frequency and polarization, but depends strongly on wind speed and direction. Wind streaks are imaged best at high radar frequencies and VV polarization
Keywords :
ocean waves; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1994 04; North Atlantic; North Sea; SAR; SIR; SIR-C; VV polarization polarimetry; X-SAR; X-band; measurement technique; microwave radar; ocean wave sea surface; radar frequency; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind direction; wind speed; wind streak; Frequency; Ocean waves; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Space shuttles; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521736
