Analyses of Oceanic Subsurface Features Using Space Based Radar Imagery
Abstract
Bathymetric features are visible on some SEASAT SAR and SIR-A images. This study surveyed as wide a data base as possible and collected available ground truth to determine the limits of this visibility. Such parameters as tidal levels, currents, wind, rain, radar incidence angle, radar aspect angle and radar processing were all considered. Some dependence of visibility on current was discovered, and conversely, independence of radar incidence angle. The results were severely limited by the lack of detailed ground truth of an appropriate nature.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA118411
Entities
People
- Charmaine P. Mrazek
- Samuel W. Mccandless