Mapping ocean surface topography with a synthetic-aperture interferometry radar

Fu, Lee-Lueng; Rodriguez, Ernesto

Mapping ocean surface topography with a synthetic-aperture interferometry radar

Fu, Lee-Lueng; Rodriguez, Ernesto

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/41075

Date: 2006-09-11

Keywords: ocean surface topography; synthetic aperture; radar interferometry

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.

Citation: International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Stockholm, Sweden, September 11-16, 2006

Abstract:

We propose 10 apply the technique of synthetic aperture radar interferometry to the measurement of ocean surface topography at spatial resolution approaching 1 km. The measurement will have wide ranging applications in oceanography, hydrology. and marine geophysics. The oceanographic and related societal applications are briefly discussed in the paper. To meet the requirements for oceanographic applications, the instrument must be flown in an orbit with proper sampling of ocean tides.

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