Satellite Sar Detection Of Sub-mesoscale Ocean Dynamic Processes

Satellite Sar Detection Of Sub-mesoscale Ocean Dynamic Processes
Author: Quanan Zheng
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814749028

Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) as a form of radar to create images of objects, uses the motion of the radar antenna over a targeted region to provide finer spatial resolution than is possible with conventional beam-scanning radars by mounting the antenna on a moving platform such as an aircraft or spacecraft. As antenna aperture (the 'size' of the antenna) is defined by the distance the SAR device travels over a target in the time taken for the radar pulses to return to the antenna, the larger the aperture is, the higher the image resolution, therefore, this enables SAR to create high resolution images with comparatively small physical antennas.This special book aims to provide the updated theories and methods for the use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) onboard satellites to detect ocean processes, i.e., SAR ocean remote sensing. It is a hi-tech application field having been developed since late 1970s and become a powerful tool for obtaining dynamic signatures from the remote and broad ocean.

Polar Oceanography

Polar Oceanography
Author: Walker O. Smith Jr.
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483289168

Polar Oceanography is an integrated synthesis of the biological, physical, geological, and chemical processes that occur in the polar oceans. The book represents the first modern interdisciplinary synthesis in this field.