7 Interpretation of SAR Signatures of the Sea Surface
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Fig. 7.4 Cyclonic eddies
(1–6), warm water flows (7
and 8) and oil spills (9) in the
Japan Sea, east of Korea, on
14 April 2004: (a) Envisat
ASAR image, at 01:28 UTC,
and (b) NOAA AVHRR
infrared image, at 15:20
UTC. The dark rectangle in
(b) marks the boundaries of
ASAR image
Fig. 7.5 ERS-2 SAR image
the size of 100 km × 100 km
taken at 01:18 UTC (a) and
NOAA AVHRR infrared
image at 03:46 UTC (b) for
13 May 2002 showing eddies
A, B and C in the Soya Warm
Current area. Digits are
AVHRR-derived SST values
a SAR image for 13 May (Fig. 7.5a), a narrow bright band 1 of ∼1 km width caused
by current shift starts near Rock of Danger (45.8 ◦ N, 142.2 ◦ E) 13 km to the southeast of Cape Krilion. An extensive stony area of about 5 km in length is located
around the small (150 m × 50 m) rock. Shallow areas between Krilion Cape and
Rock of Danger and to the east of them, creates conditions for vertical mixing and
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Fig. 7.4 Cyclonic eddies
(1–6), warm water flows (7
and 8) and oil spills (9) in the
Japan Sea, east of Korea, on
14 April 2004: (a) Envisat
ASAR image, at 01:28 UTC,
and (b) NOAA AVHRR
infrared image, at 15:20
UTC. The dark rectangle in
(b) marks the boundaries of
ASAR image
Fig. 7.5 ERS-2 SAR image
the size of 100 km × 100 km
taken at 01:18 UTC (a) and
NOAA AVHRR infrared
image at 03:46 UTC (b) for
13 May 2002 showing eddies
A, B and C in the Soya Warm
Current area. Digits are
AVHRR-derived SST values
a SAR image for 13 May (Fig. 7.5a), a narrow bright band 1 of ∼1 km width caused
by current shift starts near Rock of Danger (45.8 ◦ N, 142.2 ◦ E) 13 km to the southeast of Cape Krilion. An extensive stony area of about 5 km in length is located
around the small (150 m × 50 m) rock. Shallow areas between Krilion Cape and
Rock of Danger and to the east of them, creates conditions for vertical mixing and