| Title | Analysis and Modelling of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Observed in RADARSAT SAR Images |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Chunchuzov, I; Vachon, P W; Li, X |
| Source | Remote Sensing of Environment vol. 74, issue 3, 2000 p. 343-361, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00076-6 |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042767 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | remote sensing; RADARSAT; SAR imagery; Atmospheric Gravity Waves (AGW) |
| Illustrations | photographs; satellite images; graphs |
| Released | 2000 12 01 |
| Abstract | Four case studies of RADARSAT synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations of atmospheric gravity waves are presented to demonstrate SAR's capability to measure associated near surface wind field
variations. A brief review of the main characteristics and scales of atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) first establishes their importance in atmospheric dynamics. The shape and scale of the wave patterns observed in successive SAR images are compared
with those calculated from AGW models. There is agreement between the small-scale wind variations across wave patterns in SAR images and the larger-scale wind field that plays a role in the generation of the observed waves. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 219569 |
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