Atmospheric signatures in SAR ocean imagery

R. C. Beal; D. R. Thompson; George Spencer Young; H. N. Shirer; T. D. Sikora

Atmospheric signatures in SAR ocean imagery

R. C. Beal, D. R. Thompson, George Spencer Young, H. N. Shirer, T. D. Sikora

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This paper reviews some of the important steps necessary to interpret multiscale atmospheric phenomena in SAR imagery, using examples from ERS-1. In some cases, it may be practical, with a combination of SAR imagery and conventional meteorological analysis, to effectively specify the MABL, including its depth and stability, surface wind speed and direction, and sea-surface stress or friction velocity, all on spatial scales down to a km or less. Such an application of SAR would represent a significant advance over conventional scatterometry, with typical spatial resolution of >20 km. This resolution is insufficient to resolve the turbulence structures in the MABL, and therefore also insufficient to deduce the surface wind corrected for atmospheric stability.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	896-898
Number of pages	3
Volume	2
State	Published - 1996
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS'96. Part 1 (of 4) - Lincoln, NE, USA Duration: May 28 1996 → May 31 1996

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Other	Proceedings of the 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS'96. Part 1 (of 4)
City	Lincoln, NE, USA
Period	5/28/96 → 5/31/96

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