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PT J
TI Imaging mesoscale upper ocean dynamics using synthetic aperture radar and optical data
BT 
AF KUDRYAVTSEV, Vladimir
   MYASOEDOV, Alexander
   CHAPRON, Bertrand
   JOHANNESSEN, Johnny A.
   COLLARD, Fabrice
AS 1:1,2,3;2:1,2;3:4;4:5,6;5:7;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LOS;4:;5:;
C1 Nansen Int Environm & Remote Sensing Ctr, St Petersburg 199034, Russia.
   Russian State Hydrometeorol Univ, St Petersburg, Russia.
   Ukrainian Acad Sci, Inst Marine Hydrophys, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
   Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Nansen Environm & Remote Sensing Ctr, N-5006 Bergen, Norway.
   Univ Bergen, Inst Geophys, Bergen, Norway.
   CLS, Direct Radar Applicat, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 NIERSC, RUSSIA
   UNIV RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROL, RUSSIA
   UKRAINIAN ACAD SCI, UKRAINE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   NERSC, NORWAY
   UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY
   CLS, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-LOS
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 3.17
TC 41
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00079/18999/16570.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB A synergetic approach for quantitative analysis of high-resolution ocean synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and imaging spectrometer data, including the infrared (IR) channels, is suggested. This approach first clearly demonstrates that sea surface roughness anomalies derived from Sun glitter imagery compare very well to SAR roughness anomalies. As further revealed using these fine-resolution (similar to 1 km) observations, the derived roughness anomaly fields are spatially correlated with sharp gradients of the sea surface temperature (SST) field. To quantitatively interpret SAR and optical (in visible and IR ranges) images, equations are derived to relate the "surface roughness" signatures to the upper ocean flow characteristics. As developed, a direct link between surface observations and divergence of the sea surface current field is anticipated. From these satellite observations, intense cross-frontal dynamics and vertical motions are then found to occur near sharp horizontal gradients of the SST field. As a plausible mechanism, it is suggested that interactions of the wind-driven upper layer with the quasi-geostrophic current field (via Ekman advective and mixing mechanisms) result in the generation of secondary ageostrophic circulation, producing convergence and divergence of the surface currents. The proposed synergetic approach combining SST, Sun glitter brightness, and radar backscatter anomalies, possibly augmented by other satellite data (e.g., altimetry, scatterometry, ocean color), can thus provide consistent and quantitative determination of the location and intensity of the surface current convergence/divergence (upwelling/downwelling). This, in turn, establishes an important step toward advances in the quantitative interpretation of the upper ocean dynamics from their two-dimensional satellite surface expressions.
PY 2012
PD APR
SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans
SN 0148-0227
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 117
UT 000303122500001
DI 10.1029/2011JC007492
ID 18999
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