Ocean Applications
Overview of the primary application areas of the ASAR instrument modes
Note: Markings in parenthesis indicate predominantly research applications.
| Ocean Applications |
Image
HH or VV |
Alternating Polarization HH/VV or VV/VH or HH/HV |
WideSwath
HH or VV |
Global Monitoring HH or VV |
Wave
HH or VV |
| Weather forecasting |
(x) |
|
(x) |
(x) |
|
| Sea state forecasting |
x |
x |
|
|
(x) |
| Current modelling |
(x) |
(x) |
(x) |
|
|
| Internal wave modelling |
(x) |
(x) |
(x) |
|
|
| Offshore activities |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
| Ship routing |
x |
|
(x) |
|
x |
| Ship detection |
x |
|
(x) |
|
|
| Fisheries |
(x) |
|
(x) |
|
|
| Sea ice |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
| Oil pollution |
x |
(x) |
x |
|
|
| Coastal zone |
x |
(x) |
x |
|
|
| Bathymetry |
x |
(x) |
(x) |
|
|
Table from Jonny Johannesen (ESTEC/ VRO)
Keywords: ESA European
Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne,
observation de la terre, earth observation,
satellite remote sensing,
teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar,
chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar,
atmospheric chemistry
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