Hi-Res SAR Data Processing Report.

Abstract

This report summarizes the digital processing activities which have been carried out on the SAR data sets collected during the two ONR/NRL High Resolution field experiments held in September 1991 and June 1993. Features associated with the Gulf Stream boundary are observed in these data sets, with signatures that are dependent on the wind speed, radar frequency and polarization. Estimation of currents using the displacement of features observed on multiple passes appears to be possible. A simplified procedure for large-scale INSAR data processing has been developed and applied to one of the data sets collected in June 1993. Preliminary comparisons with OSCR measurements indicate that similar features are observed in both data sets. A capability was also developed during this contract to plot image locations on a Transverse Mercator map using the navigation data and radar operating parameters recorded on the P3 engineering data disks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA291443

Entities

People

  • C. C. Wackerman
  • David R. Lyzenga
  • N. P. Malinas
  • P. A. Pantalone

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Contracts
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Displacement
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Gulf Stream
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
  • L Band
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Polarization
  • Radial Velocity

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.