IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Internal waves

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Image name ERSC9910051229
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 05.10.99 / 12:29
Area Okhotsk Sea, Northeastern Sakhalin shelf
Coordinates 54.811°N, 141.774°E, 55.015°N, 143.265°E
53.036°N,142.496°E, 53.236°N, 143.930°E
Surface geometry 100 x 204 km
Other signatures seen in the image Oceanic fronts, river outflow

Supplementary information
NOAA AVHRR 4 ch
TOPEX/ERS-2 altimetry

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: 128*2=256 Mb
Contact: Leonid Mitnik; Vyacheslav Dubina

References:
L.Mitnik, V.Dubina   Sea surface features near Northeastern Sakhalin: Study with satellite synthetic aperture radar imagery // Proc. The 17th International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea &Sea Ice, Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, 2002. pp. 66-73.

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