Satellite SAR Exploitation and Imaging and Measurement of Oceanic Phenomena

This proposal consists of six individual self-contained projects. A common component of all tasks is the exploitation of satellite imagery. The six projects are listed as the following tasks: a) Task 1: To determine the characteristics of typhoons with satellite SAR imagery and to measure with in-situ sensors the air-sea fluxes during the passage of typhoons. b) Task 2: To complement the acquisition and analysis of conventional radar intensity images and other data by direct high-resolution imaging of surface current fields from space by along-track InSAR. c) Task 3: To measure surface signatures and Bragg modulations during the passage of soliton packets. d) Task 4: To improve the characterizations of the Philippine Archipelago Straits dynamics we propose to acquire satellite data, in particular synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of features and processes present in these straits. e) Task 5: To determine the structure, the seasonal and annual variability of the cold dome over the outer continental shelf northeast of Taiwan and the position and variability of the Kuroshio Current, in particular excursions onto the continental shelf. f) Task 6: To explore innovative uses for commercial radar applications. the best solution.
Prepared in collaboration with CSTARS, University of Miami, Miami, FL.