Ocean Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar

• Main Author: Ferdinando Nunziata (Eds.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Xiaofeng Li (Eds.) (auth), Xiaofeng Yang (Eds.) (auth), Alexis Mouche (Eds.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Geography; Radar; Ocean; Remote Sensing; Sea Surface; Extreme Weather
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The ocean covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface, 90% of the biosphere and contains 97% of Earth's water. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can image the ocean surface in all weather conditions and day or night. SAR remote sensing on ocean and coastal monitoring has become a rese...