IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Internal waves
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Image name
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RARKu9207161946
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| Platform/Sensor |
Tu-134/RAR |
| Flight altitude/speed |
2000 m / 458 km/h |
| Image partition |
4 fragments: leftHH, leftVV, rightHH, rightVV
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| Wavelength(s)/Frequency(ies)/Band(s) |
2,25cm/13,6GHz/Ku |
| Polarization(s) |
VV, HH |
| Incidence angle(s) |
72-84° |
| Calibration |
Black is lowest value of radar
signal, white is highest value of radar signal
Full images: calibration coefficients for different strips are different
Image preview: gray scale individually optimized for each channel |
| Date/Time |
16.07.92 / 19:46 - 19:59 |
| Area |
Northwestern Atlantic, New York Bight |
| Coordinates |
Start: 40° 22'N, 71°
27'W ;
End: 40° 02'N, 72° 16'W |
| Surface geometry |
81,6km*12,5km at each
board |
| Other signatures seen in the image |
None from the list of interest |
Supplementary information:
Buoy
and ship time series of: wind speed and direction, air and water temperature
and atmospheric pressure
Vertical profiles of: atmospheric humidity, temperature and pressure
Source image: image size: 2038x3265pixels;
pixel size: 25 x 25 m, file size: 6.4Mb
Owner: IKI RAS, contact: mityag@mx.iki.rsi.ru
References:
Mityagina., V.G. Pungin, V.V. Yakovlev, Two-polarization Ku -
band radar imagery of sea surface in presence of atmospheric boundary layer
motions //Waves in Random Media