A review of SEASAT
Abstract
The performance of SEASAT sensors is reviewed. The physical principles underlying the different sensor operations are described, including the data processing. Sample scenes are shown and discussed. The sensors reviewed include the radar altimeter, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), the wind scatterometer, and the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer. The SAR is emphasized, covering the imaging of ocean waves, Fourier transforms of SAR wave imagery, and SAR imagery of internal waves, slicks, and streaks. The results of comparing wind and wave fields from SEASAT sensors and JASIN ships are summarized.
- Publication:
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Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983smrs.book...15A
- Keywords:
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- Marine Meteorology;
- Oceanographic Parameters;
- Satellite Imagery;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Seasat Satellites;
- Atlantic Ocean;
- Coastal Water;
- Microwave Radiometers;
- Ocean Surface;
- Radar Imagery;
- Synthetic Aperture Radar;
- Water Waves;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation