IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Oceanic fronts
Image
Preview/
Location map
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Image name
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ERSC9504280122
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| Platform/Sensor |
ERS-1/SAR |
| Flight altitude/speed |
785 km/6.8 km/s |
| Image partition |
No
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| 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.