OCEAN WAVE IMAGING BY SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADARS (A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE ALMAZ-1 AND ERS-1 SATELLITE DATA)

Authors
ALPERS W BRUENING C WILDE A ETKIN VS LITOVCHENKO KT IVANOV AY ZAITSEV VV
Citation
W. Alpers et al., OCEAN WAVE IMAGING BY SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADARS (A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE ALMAZ-1 AND ERS-1 SATELLITE DATA), Earth observation and remote sensing, 12(6), 1995, pp. 903-918
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Geology,Geografhy,"Photographic Tecnology","Remote Sensing
Journal title
Earth observation and remote sensing → ACNP
ISSN journal
10245251
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
903 - 918
Database
ISI
SICI code
1024-5251(1995)12:6<903:OWIBSR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The performance of synthetic-aperture radars (SARs) aboard the Russian [''Almaz-1'' satellite and the European ERS- 1 satellite for imaging ocean surface waves is analyzed. The spatial spectra of the images thu s obtained are compared with the model spectra, computed by using a se a surface spectrum transformation model. Stationary response pulse fun ctions for both SARs are presented. The spatial spectra of the sea sur face elevations are determined and a comparison of these spectra with the WAM model spectra is carried out.