Resolution of the ocean wave propagation direction in SAR imagery

PW Vachon, RK Raney - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is an inherent 180 degrees ambiguity in the derived wave propagation direction when
using conventional spectral analysis techniques on standard synthetic aperture radar (SAR) …

Spectral estimation techniques for multilook SAR images of ocean waves

PW Vachon, JC West - IEEE transactions on geoscience and …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When deriving a directional ocean wave spectrum from a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR)
image of the ocean surface, spectral analysis of the image data is a key step. In this paper, a …

Estimation of ocean wave spectra using two-antenna SAR systems

DR Lyzenga, JR Bennett - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data from synthetic aperture radar,(SAR) systems can be used to estimate ocean wave
directional spectra, but the method is limited by nonlinearities associated with the velocity …

Improvement in the estimation of dominate wavenumber and direction from spaceborne SAR image spectra when corrected for ocean surface movement

F Monaldo - IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote …, 1984 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Because a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a Doppler device, ocean surface movement can
degrade a SAR ocean image. Ocean surface movement causes the redistribution of …

Directional wave spectra by inversion of ERS-1 synthetic aperture radar ocean imagery

G Engen, H Johnsen, HE Krogstad… - IEEE transactions on …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An algorithm that extracts the directional ocean wave spectrum from synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) ocean image spectra is implemented and applied to spaceborne C-band SAR data …

On the estimation of wave slope-and height-varnance spectra from SAR imagery

FM Monaldo, DR Lyzenga - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A procedure is described for using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery to estimate two-
dimensional ocean wave slope-and height-variance spectra. The logic underpinning the …

On the theory of SAR ocean wave imaging

MB Kanevsky - IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote …, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ocean wave imaging with a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is considered. It
is noted that the imaging is mainly due to a variable number of the subimages of different …

SAR-ocean wave inversion using image cross spectra

G Engen, H Johnsen - IEEE transactions on geoscience and …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Image cross-spectra obtained by combining pairs of single look SAR images are utilized in
an inversion scheme for extracting the underlying ocean wave spectrum. The reasons for …

Comparison of Shuttle Imaging Radar‐B ocean wave image spectra with linear model predictions based on aircraft measurements

FM Monaldo, DR Lyzenga - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
During October 1984, coincident shuttle imaging radar‐B synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
imagery and wave measurements from airborne instrumentation were acquired. The two …

SAR ocean image representation using wavelets

JG Teti, HN Kritikos - IEEE transactions on geoscience and …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The utility of wavelet analysis as a tool for geophysical research is examined using both
continuous and discrete versions of the wavelet transform. In both cases, waveform …