IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Oceanic fronts

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Image name ERSC9908020119
Platform/Sensor ERS-2/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 02.08.99 / 01:19
Area Southern Okhotsk Sea, Soya Current Front
Coordinates 45.941°N, 142.058°E, 45.754°N, 143.291°E
45.040°N,141.786°E, 44.854°N, 142.998°E
Surface geometry 100x102 km
Other signatures seen in the image Oceanic internal waves

Supplementary information
AVHRR NOAA

Source image :  image size: 7864*8213 pixels; 1 pixel = 16 bits; pixel size: 12.5 x 12.5 m*m; file size: 128 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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