Page 1 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Ocean geophysical results from ASAR Geophysical overview ocean spectra : the isidore case inversion on single look complex images prospective studies : doppler anomaly conclusions
Page 2 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 annual swell index annual significant wave height
Page 3 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 swell index for autumn season
Page 4 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002
Page 5 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Imagette visualisation
Page 6 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Imagette spectrum visualisation
Page 7 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Sar inversion (esa algorithm)
Page 8 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Collocated WAM spectrum
Page 9 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Hurricane isidore from NOAA Sept 23 ASAR/MERIS Sept 21
Page 10 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 ASAR Wave Mode, Level 2 algorithm
Page 11 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 ASAR intensity image during Valparaiso experiment (cetp) oct 26
Page 12 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002
Page 13 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Sigma 0 ECMWF (dB) calibration constant : dB based on september data Imagette mean intensity (dB)
Page 14 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 doppler centroid anomaly Two different tracks
Page 15 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler centroid anomaly on Wave mode level1b (descending tracks)
Page 16 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler centroid anomaly (ascending tracks)
Page 17 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 ASAR intensity image during Valparaiso experiment (cetp) oct 26
Page 18 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 (triggered by a doppler-map case study from Andrea Monti-Guarnieri in 2000) Doppler anomaly map some block processing issues !
Page 19 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler centoid (Hz) Land Ocean
Page 20 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Comparison with a similar ERS 2 SLC image doppler centroid analysis
Page 21 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler estimated on range compressed data saturation on rapidly changing backscatter area !
Page 22 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler estimated on range and azimuth compressed data Wind
Page 23 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 Doppler anomaly chart
Page 24 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002
Page 25 ASAR Validatoin Review - ESRIN – 9-13 December 2002 CONCLUSION overall very excellent quality of asar data need for another 3 month validation with buoys and model for level 2 doppler anomaly estimation require precise orbit and attitude monitoring