Measurements of the Nearshore Ocean with FMCW ATI SAR

Conference: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/03/2014 - 06/05/2014 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2014

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Farquharson, Gordon; Deng, Huazeng; Mower, John (University of Washington, USA)
Goncharenko, Yuriy (Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine)

Abstract:
Results from measurements of nearshore ocean processes with an frequency-modulated continuous wave along-track interferometric synthetic aperture radar are presented. Surface flow measured with the radar in a tidally-driven inlet compares well with in situ measurements by drifters. Data from a larger inlet system, in which stratification is important, shows regions of strong mixing and dramatic changes in the velocity field that are associated with bathymetric features.