Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar to Meteorology and Oceanography Command Operations

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to employ near-surface wind speed derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the sea surface as a marine meteorological research and forecasting tool. That is, we aim to use SAR-derived wind speed (SDWS) images to discover dynamical and morphological characteristics of microscale, mesoscale, and synoptic scale marine meteorological phenomena. We also aim to demonstrate how the fruits of our discovery can be used to aid marine meteorological analysts and forecasters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531293

Entities

People

  • George S. Young
  • Nathaniel S. Winstead
  • Todd D. Sikora

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Masses
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Convection
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Gravity Waves
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Topography
  • Warning Systems
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers