Title
Ocean Wave Information Retrieval Using Simulated Compact Polarized SAR from Radarsat-2.
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate the capability of compact polarized (CP) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to retrieve ocean wave field parameters. Souyris' and Nord's algorithms are used to carry out the reconstruction of CP SAR pseudo quad-polarized data for the ocean surface under both the circular transmit linear receive (CTLR) and pi/4 mode. The results show that, for the CP reconstruction, Nord's algorithm has a better convergence ability than Souyris'. In addition, the investigation of the reconstruction accuracy shows that the CTLR mode is superior to the pi/4 mode, in terms of ocean surface reconstruction. It is, therefore, concluded that the reconstructed parameters of CP CTLR mode data by Nord's algorithm adapt to retrieve ocean wave information. The ocean wave slope spectrum and other main wave parameters are also calculated from reconstructed CP data and compared with measurements from in situ National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) matched-up buoys. Comparison of CP SAR-based wave field information with buoy outputs also shows good agreement in the case of dominate wave height, wave direction, and wave period, with biases of 0.36 m, 17.96 degrees, and 0.88 s, respectively.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1155/2018/1738014
JOURNAL OF SENSORS
Field
DocType
Volume
Wind wave,Convergence (routing),Surface reconstruction,Buoy,Synthetic aperture radar,Remote sensing,Electronic engineering,Engineering,Wave height
Journal
2018
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1687-725X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiaochen Wang1189.25
Yun Shao212130.47
Lu She315.79
Wei Tian474.44
Kun Li544.57
Long Liu62011.91