Air-Sea Interaction Studies of the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Abstract

This proposal consists of three individual self-contained projects. A common component of all tasks is the utilization of satellite imagery to extract surface currents. The three projects are listed as the following tasks: Task 1: Air-Sea Interactions Impacting the North Arabian Sea Circulation Task 2: Satellite Observations of Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography Task 3: Observations of Surface Signatures in the South China Sea The long term goal of this project is to employ satellite SAR imagery to the quantitative analysis of monsoons, internal waves, ocean surface features, and surface currents. To achieve this, a variety of satellite SAR sensors with different frequencies, multi-polarizations and different imaging modes are used to determine which combination of the above capabilities could provide the best solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA623407

Entities

People

  • Hans C. Graber
  • Roland Romeiser

Organizations

  • Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabian Sea
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Optical Images
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space