Title :
Ocean surface wave imaging from Seasat to Envisat
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Oceanogr., Hamburg Univ., MD, Germany
Abstract :
The questions about the correct SAR imaging theory of ocean surface waves and the best inversion algorithm for retrieving two-dimensional ocean wave spectra from SAR image spectra has haunted remote sensing scientists for the last 25 years. Here a short historical review is presented.
Keywords :
ocean waves; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; 2D ocean wave spectra; Envisat; SAR image spectra; SAR imaging theory; Seasat; ocean surface wave; remote sensing; surface wave imaging; synthetic aperture radar; Information retrieval; Ocean waves; Optical surface waves; Radar polarimetry; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293670
