Download or read book Ocean Wave Measurements Using Complex Synthetic Aperture Radar Data written by Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wave Coherence Measurements Using Synthetic Aperture Radar written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical issue in the design of large floating structures such as those being considered in the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) effort currently being pursued by the U.S. Navy is the nature of the ocean-wave field viewed on scales of 2 km or more. Of prime concern is the ability to assess the spatial coherence of the wave field or the probability of occurrence of long, unbroken wave crests for various environmental conditions. This report describes an effort to use satellite-based synthetic-aperture radar images to determine the crest-length statistics for ocean waves. The first portion of the study examined the feasibility of using SAR image data to determine the crest length distribution, which was shown the be directly related to the directional spread of the spectrum. A fully nonlinear SAR model was used in a simulation study to assess the impact of imaging effects on the resulting measures. For the cases examined, the errors in estimated directional spread were generally less than 20-30% and were conservative when the SAR look direction was within 200 of the propagation direction. The errors were shown to increase with increasing significant wave height, increasing directional spread, and increasing angle between the wave propagation direction and the SAR look direction. The second portion of the study developed a methodology to estimate the wave spectrum directly from the SAR-image spectrum via a variational inversion procedure. The methodology was successful, and the results from ERS SAR data indicate that errors in spectral parameters such as the mean wave length and directional spread are strongly dependent on the signal to noise ratio, as measured by the peak image spectral density. Errors become large when the peak spectral density falls below about 10 sq m for ERS SAR data. Above this level, estimates of wave length arid directional spread are accurate to within about 10-20%.
Download or read book Measurements of Ocean Surface Waves Using Synthetic Aperture Radar written by Hany Mohamed Assal and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Radar Imaging of the Ocean Waves written by Mikhail B. Kanevsky and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars. Being intended mainly for the scientists preoccupied with the problem (as well as senior course students), it concentrates and generalizes the knowledge scattered over specialized journals. The significant part of the book contains the results obtained by the author. Systematically collects and describes the approaches used by different laboratories and institutions Deals with the physics of radar imagery and specifically with ocean surface imagery Useful for students and researchers specializing in the area of ocean remote sensing using airborne or space-borne radars, both SAR and RAR
Download or read book Ocean Wave Parameter Estimation Using Limited Synthetic Aperture Radar Data written by Craig Leonard Agne and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nonlinear Ocean Dynamics written by Maged Marghany and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonlinear Ocean Dynamics: Synthetic Aperture Radar delivers the critical tools needed to understand the latest technology surrounding the radar imaging of nonlinear waves, particularly microwave radar, as a main source to understand, analyze and apply concepts in the field of ocean dynamic surface. Filling the gap between modern physics quantum theory and applications of radar imaging of ocean dynamic surface, this reference is packed with technical details associated with the potentiality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The book also includes key methods needed to extract the value-added information necessary, such as wave spectra energy, current pattern velocity, internal waves, and more. This book also reveals novel speculation of a shallow coastal front: named as Quantized Marghany's Front. Rounding out with practical simulations of 4-D wave-current interaction patterns using using radar images, the book brings an effective new source of technology and applications for today’s coastal scientists and engineers. Solves specific problems surrounding the nonlinearity of ocean surface dynamics in synthetic aperture radar data Helps develop new algorithms for retrieving ocean wave spectra and ocean current movements from synthetic aperture radar Includes over 100 equations that illustrate how to follow examples in the book
Download or read book Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis written by Billy L. Edge and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Ocean Wave Data Collected at Marineland and Georges Bank written by Robert A. Shuchman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring Ocean Waves written by NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC MARINE BOARD. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Operational Needs for Wave Data; Research Needs for Wave Data; Survey of Remote Sensing Techniques for Wave Measurement; Remote Sensing of Ocean Waves by Surface Contour Radar; The Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Measure Ocean Gravity Waves; Status of HF Radars for Wave-Height Directional Spectral Measurements; Aircraft and Satellite Measurement of Ocean Wave Directional Spectra Using Scanning-Beam Microwave Radars; Review of Wave Measurement Using In Situ Systems; Wave Measurements Using Surface-Mounted Instruments; Pitch-Roll Buoy Wave Directional Spectra Analysis; Subsurface Wave-Measuring Systems; Wave-Measurement Technology in the 1980s; Workshop Sessions.
Download or read book Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar written by Irena Hajnsek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book focuses on the practical application of electromagnetic polarimetry principles in Earth remote sensing with an educational purpose. In the last decade, the operations from fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar such as the Japanese ALOS/PalSAR, the Canadian Radarsat-2 and the German TerraSAR-X and their easy data access for scientific use have developed further the research and data applications at L,C and X band. As a consequence, the wider distribution of polarimetric data sets across the remote sensing community boosted activity and development in polarimetric SAR applications, also in view of future missions. Numerous experiments with real data from spaceborne platforms are shown, with the aim of giving an up-to-date and complete treatment of the unique benefits of fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar data in five different domains: forest, agriculture, cryosphere, urban and oceans.
Download or read book Sea Surface Roughness Observed by High Resolution Radar written by Atsushi Fujimura and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changes in sea surface roughness are usually associated with a change in the sea surface wind field. This interaction has been exploited to measure sea surface wind speed by scatterometry. A number of features on the sea surface associated with changes in roughness can be observed by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) because of the change in Bragg backscatter of the radar signal by damping of the resonant ocean capillary waves. With various radar frequencies, resolutions, and modes of polarization, sea surface features have been analyzed in numerous campaigns, bringing various datasets together, thus allowing for new insights into small-scale processes at a larger areal coverage. This Special Issue aims at investigating sea surface features detected by high spatial resolution radar systems, such as SAR.
Download or read book Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing written by C.H. Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most data from satellites are in image form, thus most books in the remote sensing field deal exclusively with image processing. However, signal processing can contribute significantly in extracting information from the remotely sensed waveforms or time series data. Pioneering the combination of the two processes, Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing provides a balance between the role of signal processing and image processing in remote sensing. Featuring contributions from worldwide experts, this book emphasizes mathematical approaches. Divided into two parts, Part I examines signal processing for remote sensing and Part II explores image processing. Not limited to the problems with data from satellite sensors, the book considers other sensors which acquire data remotely, including signals and images from infrasound, seismic, microwave, and satellite sensors. It covers a broader scope of issues in remote sensing information processing than other books in this area. With rapid technological advances, the mathematical techniques provided will far outlast the sensor, software and hardware technologies. Focusing on methodologies of signal processing and image processing in remote sensing, this book discusses unique techniques for dealing with remote sensing problems.
Download or read book Problems of Imaging Ocean Waves with Synthetic Aperture Radar written by Robert A. Shuchman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress is reported on three tasks designed to provide information to evaluate the operational use of SAR, so that ultimately, meaningful ocean shallow-water wave spectra and coastal wave height information can be supplied to the Navy in real-time. Under Task 1, a limited literature search was conducted to ascertain problems encountered in imaging sea states with SAR. The search indicated four fundamental problem areas where basic research is needed, before SAR can become a useful tool for the Navy. Under Task 2, solutions to SAR signal processing problems were explored and geometrical coorections of SAR wave imagery were considered.
Download or read book Measuring the Oceans from Space written by Ian S. Robinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the fundamental principles of measuring oceans from space, and also contains state-of-the-art developments in data analysis and interpretation and in sensors. Completely new will be material covering advances in oceanography that have grown out of remote sensing, including some of the global applications of the data. The variety of applications of remotely sensed data to ocean science has grown significantly and new areas of science are emerging to exploit the gobal datasets being recovered by satellites, particularly in relation to climate and climate change, basin-scale, air-sea interaction processes (e.g. El Nino) and the modelling, forecasting and prediction of the ocean.
Download or read book Synthetic Aperture Radar written by Christopher R. Jackson and published by National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service. This book was released on 2004 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the types of information available from spaceborne images of the ocean.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hurricane Monitoring With Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar written by Xiaofeng Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses in detail the science and morphology of powerful hurricane detection systems. It broadly addresses new approaches to monitoring hazards using freely available images from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Sentinel-1 SAR satellite and benchmarks a new interdisciplinary field at the interface between oceanography, meteorology and remote sensing. Following the launch of the first European Space Agency (ESA) operational synthetic aperture radar satellite, Sentinel-1, in 2014, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data has been freely available on the Internet hub in real-time. This advance allows weather forecasters to view hurricanes in fine detail for the first time. As a result, the number of synthetic aperture radar research scientists working in this field is set to grow exponentially in the next decade; the book is a valuable resource for this large and budding audience.
