SAR in Multidisciplinary Studies of Monterey Bay
John Ryan
& ASF
1. Internal waves concentrate red tide
Hyperspectral airborne
remote sensing & SAR
Hyperspectral airborne
remote sensing
PHILLS II
Where were the
dense surface
aggregations?
October 1, 2002
Bissett)
(P.
Processes
of
patchiness
from highresolution
remote
sensing
2. Ecology of an upwelling shadow
August 26 airborne observations, MODIS Airborne Simulator
AVIRIS
Red tide origination and retention in the
upwelling shadow
Airborne remote sensing
SAR & AVHRR
Convergent front along edge of upwelling filament
IW
3. Signatures of a convergent front
SAR
Water mass changes
in Monterey Bay
SAR
Multi-scale radar: a convergent front on September 8
Phytoplankton “thin layers” in the frontal zone
4. Recurrent feature, diverse oceanographic variability
2 September 2004
26 September 2004
SAR feature crossing oceanographic features
. . . Summary
SAR provides unique and valuable
information for understanding physicalbiological interactions in Monterey Bay.
Common features detected are internal
waves and fronts.
The most frequently encountered feature in
SAR, a dark band across the northern shelf of
Monterey Bay, may be caused by diverse
oceanographic processes.