Name
Title | ||
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Capabilities of Chinese Gaofen-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar in Selected Topics for Coastal and Ocean Observations. |
Abstract | ||
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Gaofen-3 (GF-3), the first Chinese spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in C-band for civil applications, was launched on August 2016. Some studies have examined the use of GF-3 SAR data for ocean and coastal observations, but these studies generally focus on one particular application. As GF-3 has been in operation over two years, it is essential to evaluate its performance in ocean observation, a primary goal of the GF-3 launch. In this paper, we offer an overview demonstrating the capabilities of GF-3 SAR in ocean and coastal observations by presenting several representative cases, i.e., the monitoring of intertidal flats, offshore tidal turbulent wakes and oceanic internal waves, to highlight the GF-3's full polarimetry, high spatial resolution and wide-swath imaging advantages. Moreover, we also present a detailed analysis of the use of GF-3 quad-polarization data for sea surface wind retrievals and wave mode data for sea surface wave retrievals. The case studies and statistical analysis suggest that GF-3 has good ocean and coastal monitoring capabilities, though further improvements are possible, particularly in radiometric calibration and stable image quality. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.3390/rs10121929 | REMOTE SENSING |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
synthetic aperture radar,GF-3,coast and ocean observation,sea surface roughness | Synthetic aperture radar,Remote sensing,Ocean observations,Geology | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
10 | 12 | 2072-4292 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaoming Li | 1 | 58 | 12.51 |
| Tianyu Zhang | 2 | 32 | 12.27 |
| Bingqing Huang | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Tong Jia | 4 | 0 | 1.35 |