Inferring Atmospheric Turbulence Structure Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of the Ocean Surface

Abstract

My first objective for this year was to continue the analysis of two data sets (ONR-MBL/ARI and Shoaling Waves) made up of simultaneous in situ turbulence measurements and SAR imagery, to see what atmospheric information I could extract from the SAR image and verify with the in situ data. My second objective was to complete a paper comparing low grazing angle radar backscatter and low wind measurements taken with the UMASS FOPAIR system. My third objective was to complete a review article whose title is: "Footprints of Atmospheric Turbulence in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of the Ocean Surface: a Review."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA534663

Entities

People

  • Pierre D. Mourad

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Capillary Waves
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Grazing Angles
  • Images
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radar
  • Radar Images
  • Remote Sensing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML