Wind Direction Estimates from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to employ synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of the sea surface as a marine meteorological research and forecasting tool. That is, we aim to use SAR 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, 2006
Accession Number
ADA613570

Entities

People

  • George S. Young
  • Todd D. Sikora

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Clouds
  • Convection
  • Detection
  • Errors
  • Gravity Waves
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Radar Systems Engineering.