This book covers the use of SAR for maritime surveillance applications. It provides a comprehensive source of material on the subject, divided into two parts. The first part deals with models and techniques, while the second part is devoted to maritime surveillance applications. Each chapter covers the basic principles, a critical review of the current technology, techniques and applications, and the latest developments in the field. The book begins with an introduction to the topic written by the editors. The following topics are then addressed by an international team of expert authors: scattering models; acquisition modes; SAR polarimetry; ambiguity problems and their mitigation; ship detection; monitoring of intertidal areas and coastal habitats; sea ice and icebergs; oil spill imaging; joint use of SAR and collaborative signals; and finally sea state and wind speed. This book, with its comprehensive coverage of SAR for maritime surveillance applications, will be a valuable resource for SAR system engineers, private and public corporations, oceanographers, and remote-sensing researchers and end-users.
Author(s): Gerardo Di Martino, Antonio Iodice
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 300
City: London
Contents
About the editors
Foreword
1. Introduction | Gerardo Di Martino and Antonio Iodice
1.1 Maritime surveillance
1.2 Synthetic aperture radar systems
1.3 Book organization
References
Part I: Models and techniques
2. Scattering models | Daniele Riccio, Giuseppe Ruello, Pasquale Iervolino and Raffaella Guida
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sea surface models
2.3 Electromagnetic scattering from the sea surface
2.4 Scattering models for a ship
References
3. Acquisition modes | Gerardo Di Martino, Antonio Iodice and Andrea Monti-Guarnieri
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Stripmap mode
3.3 Staring spotlight mode
3.4 Sliding spotlight mode
3.5 ScanSAR mode
3.6 TOPSAR mode
3.7 Wave mode
3.8 Experimental modes
3.9 Summary
References
4. SAR polarimetry | Maurizio Migliaccio, Ferdinando Nunziata and Andrea Buono
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Polarimetric SARs
4.3 Radar polarimetry
4.4 Target scattering decomposition
4.5 Polarimetric sea surface scattering
4.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
List of acronyms
References
5. Ambiguity problems and their mitigation | Gerardo Di Martino, Antonio Iodice and Domenico Velotto
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Azimuth ambiguity modeling
5.3 Azimuth ambiguity mitigation in single channel SAR images
5.4 Azimuth ambiguity mitigation in polarimetric SAR images
5.5 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Part II: Applications
6. Ship detection | Gui Gao, Sheng Gao, Juan He and Kazuo Ouchi
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Ship detection in single-channel SAR images
6.3 Statistical models of sea clutter
6.4 Ship detection in multichannel SAR images
References
7. Monitoring of intertidal areas and coastal habitats | Martin Gade
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Signatures of sea bottom topography
7.3 Monitoring of temporal changes
7.4 Derivation of roughness parameters
7.5 Detection of habitats
7.6 Archaeological surveys
7.7 Summary
References
8. Sea ice and icebergs | Wolfgang Dierking
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Microwave response of ice
8.3 Operational sea ice mapping
8.4 Advanced measurement techniques
8.5 Ice displacement and deformation
8.6 Icebergs
8.7 Validation
8.8 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
9. SAR oil spill imaging, interpretation and information retrieval techniques | Camilla Brekke and Cathleen E. Jones
9.1 Information items requested and gaps
9.2 Challenges
9.3 Interpretation and modeling
9.4 Dark slick detection and characterization techniques
9.5 Concluding remarks and outlook
Acknowledgments
References
10. Joint use of SAR and collaborative signals | Raffaella Guida, Pasquale Iervolino and Maximilian Rodger
10.1 Interoperability opportunities in the maritime scenario
10.2 Collaborative signals
10.3 Applications
10.4 Main challenges
References
11. Sea state and wind speed | Gerardo Di Martino and Antonio Iodice
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Sea surface statistical description
11.3 SAR images of the sea surface
11.4 Sea surface spectra retrieval using SAR images
11.5 Wind speed retrieval using SAR images
11.6 Concluding remarks and ocean monitoring further applications
References
Index
