Nonlinear Internal Waves in Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Christopher R Jackson (Author) Other; Jose C B da Silva (Author) FCUP; Gus Jeans (Author) Other; Werner Alpers (Author) Other; Michael J Caruso (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Oceanography

Vol. 26

Pages: 68-79

ISSN: 1042-8275

Publisher: Oceanography Society

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 47 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Earth and related Environmental sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00J-Y1F

Abstract (EN): Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has contributed significantly to the study and understanding of oceanic nonlinear internal waves. Although they travel within the ocean's interior, currents associated with internal waves produce variations in ocean surface roughness that is readily detectable by SAR. This paper will first review the morphology of nonlinear internal wave signatures in SAR imagery and then examine the information that can be extracted from those signatures, including the determination of wave type and an estimation of phase speed

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12