Northeastern coastal area of the Black Sea

Optical backscatter

Optical backscatter sensors

The dataset contains fragments of (A)SAR images obtained from April to October, 2006 the north eastern part of the Black Sea and featuring regions with heavy marine traffic, those of Kerch Strait, Novorossisk, Sochi and Taupse ports The dataset includes Envisat ASAR Wide and Narrow Swath images at VV and VV/VH polarizations. The data is accompanied by in situ measurements of wind and wave parameters.

Lavrova O.Yu., Mityagina M.I., Shcherbak S.S. (2006) Satellite radar capabilities in ship detection // Current problems of remote sensing of the Earth from space: physics, methods and techniques of monitoring of the environment and potential dangers. Moscow: Azbuka-2000, 2006. vol.2. pp. 106-112 (in Russian)., ; Lavrova, Olga; Bocharova, Tatiana; Mityagina, Marina; Pyrkov, Vladimir (2007) Case Study: Use of SAR Data for the Operational Control of Fishering Ships Positioning. Envisat Symposium. Abstracts. Montreux, Switzerland, 23-27 April 2007., ; Lavrova O., M. Mityagina, T. Bocharova, V. Pyrkov, S. Shcherbak, A. Zlatopolskiy (2006) Possibilities and difficulties of oil spill and ship detection from space. COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2006 Abstracts,

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