Title :
Multi-frequency and interferometric SAR mapping of wind-driven mesoscale oceanic processes off northern California and in the lee of the island of Hawaii
Author :
Flament, Pierre ; Carande, Richard ; Holt, Benjamin ; Bernstein, Robert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Oceanogr., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
The multi-frequency polarimetric and interferometric Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR) aboard NASA´s DC-8 aircraft was used in summer of 1989 and 1990 to study coastal upwelling and island upwelling mesoscale processes, off California and in the lee of Hawaii
Keywords :
oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; AD 1989 to 1990; AirSAR; Hawaii; SAR mapping; coastal upwelling; island upwelling; lee; multifrequency interferometric SAR mapping; northern California; wind-driven mesoscale oceanic processes; Aircraft; Infrared imaging; L-band; Ocean temperature; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stress; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521157
