IKI RAN Radar Image Collection
Oceanic phenomena / Internal waves

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Image name RARKu9207242214
Platform/Sensor Tu-134/RAR
Flight altitude/speed 2000 m / 470 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 24.07.92 / 22:14 - 22:27
Area Northwestern Atlantic, New York Bight
Coordinates Start: 40° 24'N, 71° 26'W ; 
End: 40° 07'N, 72° 28'W
Surface geometry 91,6km*12,5km at each board
Location map Available
Other signatures seen in the image Atmospheric convective cells

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: 2048x3665pixels; pixel size: 25 x 25 m, file size: 7.2Mb
Owner: IKI RAS, contact: mityag@mx.iki.rsi.ru

References:
O.Lavrova, M.Mityagina, K.Sabinin,  Investigation of perturbing action of atmospheric and internal oceanic processes on the waved sea surface using ocean remote sensing data // OCEAN'98 IEEE/OES Conference Proc., 28 Sept.-1 Oct. 1998, Nice, France
 

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