Ocean Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar / / edited by Xiaofeng Yang [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Yang, Xiaofeng,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
• ISBN: 3038427195
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Xiaofeng Yang [and three others].

The ocean covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface, 90% of the biosphere and contains 97% of Earth's water. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can image the ocean surface in all weather conditions and day or night. SAR remote sensing on ocean and coastal monitoring has become a research hotspot in geoscience and remote sensing. This book--Progress in SAR Oceanography--provides an update of the current state of the science on ocean remote sensing with SAR. Overall, the book presents a variety of marine applications, such as, oceanic surface and internal waves, wind, bathymetry, oil spill, coastline and intertidal zone classification, ship and other man-made objects' detection, as well as remotely sensed data assimilation. The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from graduate students, university teachers and working scientists to policy makers and managers. Efforts have been made to highlight general principles as well as the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of SAR Oceanography.