International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2573

Full Length Research Paper

Simulation of sea surface current velocity from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data

Maged Marghany* and Mazlan Hashim
Institute of Geospatial Science and Technology (INSTEG), UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM, Skudai, JohoreBahru, Malaysia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 17 September 2010
  •  Published: 04 October 2010

Abstract

This study is done to solve the Doppler spectra equation by involving two -dimensional Fourier transform (2DFFT) to obtain a linear formula of sea radial component. The problem of influence of bandwidth on imaging moving ocean surface is analytically solved. Based on the maximum peak of Doppler spectra, the horizontal surface current is computed. The Doppler spectra model has been performed in the RADARSAT-1 SAR data. This study concludes that Doppler spectra model is an appropriate method to compute the sea surface current in the RADARSAT-1 SAR data.  

 

Key words: RADARSAT-1 SAR, sea surface current, two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFFT), Doppler spectra.