| Title | Monitoring the Coastal Zone with the RADARSAT Satellite |
| Download | Downloads (Preprint) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Vachon, P W; Thomas, S J; Cranton, J; Bjerkelund, C; Dobson, F W; Olsen, R B |
| Source | Oceanology International 98, UK, March 10-13; 1998 p. 10, https://doi.org/10.4095/219330  Open Access |
| Year | 1998 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042528 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Released | 1998 01 01 |
| Abstract | Satellite remote sensing offers the potential to routinely provide information at useful temporal and spatial scales for monitoring the dynamic coastal zone. In the fall of 1995, Canada launched the
RADARSAT satellite carrying a multiple mode synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Coastal zone applications of RADARSAT SAR data and guidelines for beam mode selection are presented. Three applications are considered in greater detail: ship detection; oil
spill detection; and wind vector retrieval. Examples and validation of these applications are given in the context of the Ocean Monitoring Workstation (OMW), a system for extracting ocean information from RADARSAT SAR images. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 219330 |
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