IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Oceanic eddies

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Image name ERSC950711223821
Platform/Sensor ERS-1/SAR
Flight altitude/speed 785 km/6.8 km/s
Image partition No
Wavelength(s)/Frequency(ies)/Band(s) 0.057/5.3/C
Polarization(s) VV
Incidence angle(s) 23°
Calibration Preview image: black is lowest NRCS, white is highest NRCS
Full images: PRI format
Date/Time 11.07.95 / 22:38:21
Area The Bering Strait
Coordinates 66.152°N, 170.330°W; 65.899°N, 168.254°W;
65.273°N, 170.930°W; 65.027°N, 168.920°W
Surface geometry 100x102 km
Other signatures seen in the image Bottom topography features

Supplementary information

Weather map
Bottom topography map

Source image :  image size: 8006pxl*8164pxl; pixel = 16 bits; pixel size: 12.5 x 12.5; file size: 128Mb
Contact: Olga Lavrova

References:
O.Lavrova, K.Sabinin,  Manifestations of sea currents and eddies in ERS-SAR images of the Bering Strait // ERS-ENVISAT Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 October 2000

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