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Evaluation of ERS-1 microwave sensors capability in the study of oceanic fronts

Authors: Font, Jordi; Shirasago Germán, Bernardo; Martínez Benjamín, Juan José; Sánchez Ariz, David; Arbiol, R.; Palà, Vicenç; Moreno, Victoriano; +2 Authors

Evaluation of ERS-1 microwave sensors capability in the study of oceanic fronts

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[ES] Un proyecto español, seleccionado por el primer ERS-1 Announcement of Opportunity de la ESA, ha estado desde 1991 hasta 1995 investigando la viabilidad del uso de los sensores de microondas del satélite ERS-1 en el estudio de frentes oceánicos en el Mediterráneo occidental. En esta cuenca marina los frentes de densidad son debidos mayoritariamente a gradientes de salinidad, con lo cual no siempre las imágenes infrarrojas son eficientes en identificar estructuras superficiales ligadas la circulación Además el Mediterráneo presenta a menudo una importante variabilidad de mesoescala (decenas de kilómetros) que puede dar lugar a fenómenos más intensos que las corrientes medias. El SAR del ERS-1 ha demostrado ser un sensor muy eficiente en identificar este tipo de fenómenos bajo ciertas condiciones meteorológicas. Tiene, el in-conveniente de la dependencia de su capacidad de detección con la intensidad del viento local, y de cubrir una zona demasiado estrecha (100 km.). No existe de momento un método que permita discri-minar automáticamente las señales debidas a la dinámica marina de otros fenómenos capaces también de modular la rugosidad de la superficie del mar. El altímetro del ERS-1 es útil para extraer información coherente sobra la evolución temporal de la circulación regional y de mesoescala en una zona de señales superficiales intensas como es el mar de Alborán. Se ha elaborado un sistema para corrección y análisis de datos altimétricos en en-torno PC. Se han desarrollado diversas herramien-tas para el análisis de imágenes SAR de bajo nivel, incluyendo un microprocesador basado en el Chirp Scaling Algorithm. Se ha desarrollado también un método para la geocodificación precisa de imágenes SAR para aplicaciones cartográficas

[EN] A Spanish project, approved by ESA under the first ERS-1 Announcement of Opportunity, has been investigating the feasibility of using ERS- 1 microwave sensors in the study of oceanic fronts in the western Mediterranean. In this basin density fronts are mainly due to salinity gradients, so not always satellite infrared imagery is an efficient tool to identify surface structures related to circulation. In addition, it usually presents an important mesoscale variability (order of tenths of kilometres) that can give rise to phenomena more intense than mean currents. ERS-1 SAR has demonstrated to be an efficient sensor in identifying this kind of phenomena under certain meteorological conditions. However, its detection capability depends on local wind speed and it has a too narrow swath (100 km). By now there are no methods to automatically discriminate between signatures of marine dynamics and other phenomena also able to modulate sea surface roughness. ERS-1 altimeter is useful to extract coherent information on the temporal evolution of regional and mesoscale circulation, in an area of strong sea level variability like the Alboran sea. A software package has been implemented for altimetric data correction and analysis in a PC environment. Several low level SAR imagery processing tools have been developed, that include a processor based on the Chirp Scaling Algorithm. A method for precise geocodification of SAR images for cartographic applications has also been developed

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ERS-1, Western Mediterranean, Altimeter, Mediterráneo occidental, Mesoscale dynamics, Dinámica de mesoescala, Altímetro, SAR

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