ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2012, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 312-323

Application of RADARSAT-2 and TerraSAR-X radars to study hydrodynamic processes in the ocean

O.Yu. Lavrova , M.I. Mityagina , S.S. Karimova , T.Yu. Bocharova 
Space Research Institute of RAS, 117997 Moscow, Profsoyuznaya str.84/32
In the paper the technical details of new-age synthetic aperture radars TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and RADARSAT-2 are provided. Experience of application of different mode SAR imagery for oceanographic purposes is being discussed.
Keywords: synthetic aperture radars, HH- and VV-polarization, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X, RADARSAT-2, sea surface, oceanic processes
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