IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Internal waves

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Image name RARKu9207161946
Platform/Sensor Tu-134/RAR
Flight altitude/speed 2000 m / 458 km/h
Image partition 4 fragments: leftHH, leftVV, rightHH, rightVV
Wavelength(s)/Frequency(ies)/Band(s) 2,25cm/13,6GHz/Ku
Polarization(s) VV, HH
Incidence angle(s) 72-84°
Calibration Black is lowest value of radar signal, white is highest value of radar signal
Full images: calibration coefficients for different strips are different
Image preview: gray scale individually optimized for each channel
Date/Time 16.07.92 / 19:46 - 19:59
Area Northwestern Atlantic, New York Bight
Coordinates Start: 40° 22'N, 71° 27'W ; 
End: 40° 02'N, 72° 16'W
Surface geometry  81,6km*12,5km at each board
Other signatures seen in the image None from the list of interest

Supplementary information:

Buoy and ship time series of: wind speed and direction, air and water temperature and atmospheric pressure
Vertical profiles of: atmospheric humidity, temperature and pressure

Source image:  image size: 2038x3265pixels; pixel size: 25 x 25 m, file size: 6.4Mb

Owner: IKI RAS, contact: mityag@mx.iki.rsi.ru

References:
Mityagina., V.G. Pungin, V.V. Yakovlev,  Two-polarization Ku - band radar imagery of sea surface in presence of atmospheric boundary layer motions //Waves in Random Media
 

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