Spaceborne SAR applications in oceanography

Speaker: Dr. Xiaofeng Li (College Park)

Time and Date: 10:30- , Nov 12, 2013

Place: Guanghua Tower East 1111, Handan Campus

Abstract

Wide-swath synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observes the large-scale ocean surface field. With SAR instruments, we can actively monitor phenomena in the coastal ocean and marine atmospheric boundary layer at very high spatial resolution (on the order of tens of meters) in all weather conditions day and night. SAR observations are particularly useful in coastal regions where clouds are usually present, causing observation problems for visible and infrared sensors. Spaceborne SAR can provide swath coverage of about 450 km, wide enough to cover many oceanic and atmospheric meso-scale features. In this presentation, The SAR observations of oceanic surface signatures associated with winds, surface waves, internal waves, tidal convergence fronts, oil spills, bathymetry, and other oceanic features are discussed.

Biography

李晓峰1985年本科毕业于浙江大学光学仪器系。随后在国家海洋局第一研究所（青岛）和美国北卡罗来纳州立大学（North Carolina State University ）分别获物理海洋学硕士和博士学位。自1997 年，李晓峰就职于美国国家海洋大气局(NOAA)环境卫星中心（NESDIS），主要从事卫星遥感在海洋学, 自然灾害以及海岸带综合治理方面的研究。现任世界发行量最大的遥感专业SCI 刊物《International Journal of Remote Sensing 》（《国际遥感》）副主编、美国宇航局（NASA）雷达卫星产品指导委员会20名委员之一、IEEE地球遥感分会、海洋工程分会高级会员、美国地球物理学会(AGU) 会员、美国气象学会(AMS) 会员。