Internal Waves at Dongsha Island, April 2010 (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Internal Waves at Dongsha Island, April 2010

Caption

These two figures show the internal waves at Dongsha Island on April 23, 2010, as seen by the radar on TerraSAR-X in its conventional mode of operation (left) and in the experimental new mode that permits direct velocity measurements (right), with the measured surface velocities shown in color. Red and blue colors indicate surface velocities of about 0.5 m/s to the left and to the right, respectively. The shown area is 30 km × 80 km. Dongsha Island, which is about 2.7 km × 0.9 km (1.7 mi × 0.6 mi) in size, can be seen near the center of the image.

Credit

German Aerospace Center (DLR) 2010.

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