Advances in SAR Remote Sensing of Oceans

Content: Section I BackgroundChapter 1 Introduction to Synthetic Aperture RadarChapter 2 Radar Scattering of Ocean Surfaces with Anisotropic OceanSpectrum Using NMM3D SimulationsChapter 3 Sensitivity Analysis of Bistatic Scattering from Sea Surface atL-bandSection II Coast Zone and Man-MadeObject DetectionChapter 4 Oil Fields Observation Using Polarimetric SARChapter 5 Oil Spills Detection and Classification with Fully and CompactPolarimetric SARChapter 6 Ocean Surface Pollutant Monitoring and Trajectory SimulationChapter 7 Exposed Intertidal Flats Monitoring by Polarimetric SARChapter 8 SAR Detection of Ocean Bottom TopographyChapter 9 Ship Characterization and Analyses in Sentinel-1 ImageryBased on a Large and Open DatasetSection III Ocean Environment MonitoringChapter 10 SAR Remote Sensing of Internal Solitary Waves in the OceanChapter 11 Joint Retrieval of Directional Ocean Wave Spectra from SARand RARChapter 12 Mediterranean Eddy Statistics Based on Multiple SAR ImageryChapter 13 Mode-2 Internal Solitary Waves in the OceanSection IV Marine Atmospheric BoundaryLayer ObservationsChapter 14 Oceanographic Aspect of Tropical Cyclone Wind and WaveRemote SensingChapter 15 Application of SAR-Derived Sea Surface Winds in DataAssimilationChapter 16 The Effect of Rain on Radar Backscattering from the Ocean