Radar imaging of the ocean waves /
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| Author / Creator: | Kanevskiĭ, M. B. (Mikhail Borisovich) |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009. |
| Description: | ix, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7489621 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Preliminary Notes on Radar Imaging
- 2. Description of the Sea Surface
- 2.1. Sea Wave Spectra: General Relationships
- 2.2. Gravity Wave Spectra
- 2.3. Gravity-Capillary Wave Spectra
- 2.4. Realistic Ocean Surface and its Features
- 3. Sea Scattering of Radio Waves
- 3.1. Sea Water Dielectric Constant and Electromagnetic Penetration Depth
- 3.2. Resonant Scattering
- 3.2.1. HF scattering and HF radars
- 3.2.2. Microwave scattering: two-scale model of the sea surface
- 3.3. Backscattering at Small Incidence Angles
- 3.3.1. Radar cross section at small incidence angles
- 3.3.2. Doppler spectrum at small incidence angles
- 3.4. Backscattering at Low Grazing Angles
- 4. Microwave Doppler Spectrum at Moderate Incidence Angles
- 5. Real Aperture Side-Looking Radar
- 5.1. Correlation Function of Backscattered Signal Intensity
- 5.2. Spatial Spectrum of Signal Intensity Slow Fluctuations
- 5.3. Fast Signal Fluctuations (Speckle Noise)
- 5.4. Inhomogeneous Roughness Imaging
- 6. Synthetic Aperture Radar
- 6.1. Preliminary Estimates
- 6.2. SAR Image Correlation Function: General Relationships
- 6.3. Intensity of the SAR Signal Forming the "Image Itself"
- 6.4. Spectrum of the SAR Image of the Ocean
- 6.5. SAR Imaging Mechanisms
- 6.5.1. Sub-resolution velocities impact
- 6.5.2. Velocity bunching mechanism: linear and quasi-linear approximations
- 6.5.3. Non-linear Velocity Bunching Mechanism
- 6.5.4. SAR imaging of the mixed sea
- 6.6. Speckle Noise in the SAR Image of the Ocean
- 6.7. Modified Spectral Estimate for the SAR Image of the Ocean
- 6.8. Peculiarities of the SAR Imagery of the Ocean Surface
- 6.8.1. SAR imaging of near-shore areas
- 6.8.2. Peculiarities of SAR imaging of ships and slicks
- 6.8.3. SAR as a tool for measurements of the near-surface wind speed
- 7. Advanced Radars and Ocean Surface Imaging
- 7.1. SAR Interferometry and Remote Sensing of the Ocean Surface
- 7.2. Polarimetric Radars and the Problem of Remote Sensing of the Ocean Surface
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- References
- Index
