Title :
Air/sea/land interaction in the coastal zone seen by satellite RAR and SAR
Author :
Mitnik, Leonid ; Lobanov, Vyacheslav ; Hsu, Ming-Kuang ; Tseng, Ruo-Shan ; Chen, Kun-Shan
Author_Institution :
Pacific Oceanological Inst., Vladivostok, Russia
Abstract :
Satellite real aperture radar (RAR) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images having different spatial resolution together with relevant remote and in situ data are used to study the specific features of the coastal environment off Taiwan, the southern Kuril Islands and Sakhalin. Radar signatures of the atmospheric (lee waves, orographic vortices, wind shadows, etc.) and oceanic (island wakes, eddies, etc.) phenomena express themselves in radar images via spatial variations in the surface wind, current and film fields. They change the surface roughness and hence radar image intensity
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; East China Sea; Kuril Islands; North Pacific; Okhotsk Sea; RAR; SAR; Sakhalin; South China Sea; Taiwan; air sea land interaction; atmosphere; coastal zone; eddies; island wake; lee wave; meteorological radar; meteorology; ocean; orographic vortices; radar image; radar remote sensing; radar signature; real aperture radar; sea coast; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind shadow; Atmospheric waves; Radar imaging; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.615263
