Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of the Ocean Surface During the Coastal Mixing and Optics Experiment

Abstract

The long-term scientific goal of this effort is to understand the advantages and limitations involved in extracting quantitative information of oceanographic importance from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery of the ocean surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA636713

Entities

People

  • David L. Porter
  • Donald R. Thompson

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Continental Shelves
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Hurricanes
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Oceans
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Surface Waves
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Wave Power
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

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