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Comparison of Shuttle Imaging Radar-B ocean wave image spectra with linear model predictions based on aircraft measurementsDuring October 1984, coincident Shuttle Imaging Radar-B synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery and wave measurements from airborne instrumentation were acquired. The two-dimensional wave spectrum was measured by both a radar ocean-wave spectrometer and a surface-contour radar aboard the aircraft. In this paper, two-dimensional SAR image intensity variance spectra are compared with these independent measures of ocean wave spectra to verify previously proposed models of the relationship between such SAR image spectra and ocean wave spectra. The results illustrate both the functional relationship between SAR image spectra and ocean wave spectra and the limitations imposed on the imaging of short-wavelength, azimuth-traveling waves.
Document ID
19890035213
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Monaldo, Frank M.
(Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD, United States)
Lyzenga, David R.
(Delaware, University Newark, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
89A22584
Distribution Limits
Public
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