Radar Imaging of the Ocean Waves

Mikhail B. Kanevsky (Author)

9780444532091, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 October 2008

208 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.544 kg

This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars. Being intended mainly for the scientists preoccupied with the problem (as well as senior course students), it concentrates and generalizes the knowledge scattered over specialized journals. The significant part of the book contains the results obtained by the author.

Introduction1. Preliminary notes on radar imaging 2. Description of the sea surface 3. Sea scattering of radio waves4. Microwave Doppler spectrum at moderate incidence angles5. Real aperture side-looking radar6. Synthetic aperture radar7. Advanced radars and ocean surface imagingAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CReferences

Subject Areas: Hydraulic engineering [TNF], Radar [TJKD], Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Geophysics [PHVG], Mathematical physics [PHU], Physics [PH]