Abstract:
A combined use of multi-sensor remote sensing and in-situ data for the
analysis and interpretation of the dynamic oceanic and atmospheric
phenomena in the coastal Vietnamese zone and in the open South-China
Sea is considered. The dataset consists of ERS-1/2 SAR, Envisat ASAR
and ALOS PALSAR precision and quick look images acquired in 1996-
2012, Terra and Aqua MODIS images, scatterometer-derived winds,
ADEOS-II AMSR and Aqua AMSR-E microwave measurements and
other supplementary information. The oceanic phenomena, which were
revealed on SAR images include the coastal and river fronts, upwellings,
eddies, internal waves, natural and anthropogenic films, swells, etc.
Mesoscale spiral eddies the size of 5-10 km were detected due to
filamentary slicks mainly in the coastal zone. Surface expressions of
oceanic internal waves were observed both in the coastal zone and in the
open sea. Integrated atmospheric parameters and sea surface wind speed
have been estimated in tropical cyclones, fronts and other marine
weather systems from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) of Aqua, from the
QuikSCAT and ASCAT scatterometers.
