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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, 2015, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 102-109

Comparison of sea surface slope statistical moments obtained by means of optical scanners and laser inclinometers

V.V. Pustovoytenko1 , N.E. Lebedev1 
1 Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol, Russia
A comparative analysis is presented of statistical moments of the wind-driven sea surface slopes obtained by complementary ways: using aerospace optical scanners or photographic equipment and measurements in situ by two-dimensional laser inclinometer from a fixed platform or slow-moving vessel. The first method is based on the reflection of sunlight by the sea surface; the second - on the refraction across the water-air boundary and on indication of reflected glints. The dependencies of the slope dispersions on wind speed obtained by the different ways are qualitatively the same. Quantitatively, the regression coefficients for the dependencies of slope dispersions on wind obtained by satellite optical scanners and aerial photographs of the sun glint zone coincide up to 4%. Estimations of slope dispersions obtained by laser inclinometer are less than those obtained by means of aerospace optical measurements by 20 - 35% for wind speeds exceeding 5 m/s. At lower wind speeds this discrepancy increases.
Keywords: sea surface slopes, statistical moments, optical scanners, laser inclinometers
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