Synthetic Aperture Radar Views of the California Current

David Johnson

Committee: Pierre Flament (chairman)Mark MerrifieldEric Firing

Outline:

Introduction to the experiment

AVHRR views of the California Current

Introduction to SAR ocean imaging

SAR views of the California Current

Conclusions

MOVIE

AVHRR CH 4 GRADIENT

+Doppler Shift-D

oppler Shift

Altitude

Ground Range

Slant Range (=Time Delay x c/2)

Azimuthal Angle (=arcsin[c x Df /2v])

Ground Track

Azimuth

Range

SAR IMAGING GEOMETRY

COHERENCE DIAGRAM

SAR