IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Atmospheric phenomena
/
Atmospheric
fronts
Image
Preview/
Location map
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Image name
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RARKu9207152053
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| Platform/Sensor |
Tu-134/RAR |
| Flight altitude/speed |
2000 m / 550 km/h |
| Image partition |
8 fragments: 2 leftHH, 2 leftVV, 2 rightHH, 2 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 fragment are different
Image preview: gray scale individually optimized for each channel |
| Date/Time |
15.07.92 / 20:53 - 21:01 |
| Area |
Northwestern Atlantic, New York Bight |
| Coordinates |
Start: 40° 02'N, 72°
15'W ;
End: 40° 15'N, 71° 25'W |
| Surface geometry |
55,0km*12,5km at each
board |
| Other signatures seen in the image |
Oceanic internal waves |
Supplementary information:
Geographic collocation of two-pass VV images
Weather map
Wind speed and direction graph
Air and water temperature graph
Atmospheric pressure graph
Source image: image size: 2817x2048 pixels;
pixel size: 25 x 25 m, file size: 5.6 Mb
Owner: IKI RAS, contact: M.I. Mityagina
References:
Kravtsov, Yu.A., M.I. Mityagina, V.G. Pungin, and K.D. Sabinin, Manifestation of the wind-field fine structure ahead of an atmospheric cold front on radar imagery of the sea surface // Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, vol.15, pp. 513-525, 1999.