On the relative importance of motion-related contributions to the SAR imaging mechanism of ocean surface waves

WR Alpers, C Bruening - IEEE transactions on Geoscience and …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The relative importance of the various motion-related contributions to the SAR imaging
mechanism of ocean surface waves is studied by using two-dimensional Monte Carlo …

Numerical simulation of synthetic aperture radar image spectra for ocean waves

DR Lyzenga - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote …, 1986 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A numerical model for predicting the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a moving
ocean surface is described, and results are presented for two SIR-B data sets collected off …

RESSAC: A new airborne FM/CW radar ocean wave spectrometer

D Hauser, G Caudal, GJ Rijckenberg… - … on Geoscience and …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The RESSAC radar system, used from aircraft platforms for measuring directional spectra of
ocean waves in the gravity domain (wavelengths from 30 to 400 m), is presented. The …

Ocean wave directional spectra and wave‐current interaction in the Agulhas from the shuttle imaging radar‐B synthetic aperture radar

DE Irvine, DG Tilley - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
SIR‐B synthetic aperture radar ocean‐wave spectra for a 200‐km pass crossing the Agulhas
current off the coast of Africa are analyzed. A significant enhancement of one spectral peak …

Spatial variations of ocean wave directional spectra from the Seasat synthetic aperture radar

RC Beal, TW Gerling, DE Irvine… - Journal of …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Seasat synthetic aperture radar ocean wave spectra for a 900‐km pass are analyzed and
interpreted in the context of both their probable generation sources and their surface current …

Wind, wave and current data for the design of ships and offshore structures

JA Ewing - Marine Structures, 1990 - Elsevier
An important activity of the ISSC ever since its formation has been an ongoing review of
'Environmental Conditions'. The mandate of Committee I. 1 is presently: Concern for the …

Measurement of ocean wave directional spectra using airborne HF/VHF synthetic aperture radar: A theoretical evaluation

AG Voronovich, VU Zavorotny - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Currently, images obtained with microwave synthetic aperture radars (SARs) are widely
used for measuring directionality of ocean waves on a global and continuous scale …

Dominant wave directions and significant wave heights from synthetic aperture radar imagery of the ocean

WJ Plant, LM Zurk - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We show that quasi‐linear theory accounts for dominant wave directions observed in
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of the ocean for range‐to‐velocity (R/V) ratios up to …

Overview of the Shuttle Imaging Radar-B preliminary scientific results

C Elachi, JB Cimino, M Settle - Science, 1986 - science.org
The Shuttle Imaging Radar-B experiment consisted of a large number of scientific
investigations in the earth sciences. Nine oceanographic experiments were conducted to …

Comparison of actual and simulated synthetic aperture radar image spectra of ocean waves

LM Zurk, WJ Plant - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
We have simulated synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image spectra of ocean waves, which
were focused for stationary scenes using three popular formulations of SAR ocean imaging …