An Experiment of Internal Waves Observation by Synthetic Aperture Radar

  • Junmin, Meng (Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, SOA, First Institute of Oceanography, SOA) ;
  • Jie, Zhang (Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, SOA, First Institute of Oceanography, SOA)
  • Published : 2003.11.03

Abstract

An internal wave observation experiment by SAR in South China Sea is described. Two scenes of Radarsat ScanSAR images were acquired. Internal solitary waves are found in all the two images. It is concluded that these internal waves are generated in Bashi channel. Relationship between internal wave generation and tide is studied based on analyzing of tidal data of Legaspi in Philippine. Using ocean environmental data of this sea area internal waves’ amplitude and wave speed are detected by SAR images.

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