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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. 5, pp. 98-129

Study of hydrodynamic processes in the shelf zone based on satellite data and subsatellite measurements

O.Yu. Lavrova 1 , M.I. Mityagina 1 , K.D. Sabinin 2, 3 , А.N. Serebryany 4, 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 N.N. Andreev Acoustics Institute, Moscow, Russia
3 Space Research Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia
4 N.N. Andreyev Acoustics Institute, Moscow, Russia
The paper presents an overview of studies conducted in the Department of Earth Research from Space of Space Research Institute RAS in the field of hydrodynamic processes on the sea shelf based on Earth remote sensing data and subsatellite measurements. The main focus was on such processes and phenomena as submesoscale eddies and vertical structures, internal waves, currents in straits. The experimental basis of the studies consisted of satellite data obtained by synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and optical sensors operating in visible and infrared ranges. For purposes of reliable interpretation of satellite data, regular measurements of currents in the northeastern Black Sea and near Crimea Peninsula were conducted concurrently with satellite imaging of those regions. We present the results of joint analysis of remote sensing data and contact measurements of submesoscale eddies and internal waves in the coastal zone.
Regions of frequent occurrence of internal waves in the Black, Caspian and Baltic Seas were determined from the analysis of high resolution satellite data. In non-tidal seas, the main sources of internal wave generation were found to be local fronts due to storm surges, on-shelf intrusions on internal seiches and quasi-inertial internal waves, hydrological fronts associated with inflow of riverine waters.
Results of current velocity and direction retrieval from satellite SAR data for the Bering Strait are presented.
We discuss examples of peculiar manifestations of hydrodynamic processes in satellite images that do not conform to commonly accepted rationale. Phenomenological models explaining their origins are suggested for certain cases.
Keywords: SAR images, satellite monitoring, sea surface, submesoscale eddies, internal waves, currents in strait, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, Bering Strait
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