IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Oceanic fronts

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Image name ERSC9504280122
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 28.04.95 / 01:22
Area La Perouse (Soya) Strait, Soya Current Front
Coordinates 46.821°N, 141.620°E, 46.632°N, 142.874°E
45.033°N,141.073°E, 44.847°N, 142.285°E
Surface geometry 100x204 km
Other signatures seen in the image Oceanic island wake

Supplementary information
Bottom topography map

Source image :  image size: ~ 2*(8000*8200)=8000*16400 pixels; 1 pixel = 16 bits; pixel size: 12.5 x 12.5 m*m; file size: 2x128 Mb=256 Mb
Contact: Leonid Mitnik; Vyacheslav Dubina

References:
L.Mitnik, V.Dubina, Y. Sugimori,  Dynamic features of the Soya Warm Current as seen by ERS synthetic aperture radar // Proc. The 17th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea &Sea Ice, Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, 2002. pp. 74-81.

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