Measurements of Ocean Waves and Surface Features using Polarimetric SAR

Abstract

Studies have shown that polarimetric SAR may be used to measure terrain slopes and surface roughness. The first goal is to extend these measurement concepts here to study slope distribution changes generated by ocean wave-current interactions such as the surface manifestations of internal waves [1]. These changes are then, in turn, used to estimate the perturbations in the ambient slope distribution that are directly caused by the ocean surface feature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA628806

Entities

People

  • D. L. Schuler
  • J. Lee

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Internal Waves
  • L Band
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • New York
  • Ocean Currents
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Perturbations
  • Remote Sensing
  • Roughness
  • Surface Roughness
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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