REMOTE SENSING OF THE EUROPEAN SEAS

By JOSHUA WILLIAMS

CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING OF THE EUROPEAN SEAS THE EUROPEAN MARGINAL AND ENCLOSED SEAS: AN OVERVIEW REMOTE SENSING OF THE EUROPEAN SEAS: A HISTORICAL OUTLOOK SECTION 2: VISIBLE & THERMAL INFRARED PASSIVE/ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING OCEAN COLOUR REMOTE SENSING OF THE OPTICALLY COMPLEX EUROPEAN SEAS CASE STUDIES OF OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING IN THE BARENTS SEA, BLACK SEA AND CASPIAN SEA VARIATIONS IN THE PHYTOPLANKTON OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN: FROM THE IRISH SEA TO THE BAY OF BISCAY OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE NORTH SEA OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS IN THE BALTIC SEA OPEN WATERS OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF INTERTIDAL FLATS VISIBLE AND INFRARED REMOTE SENSING OF THE WHITE SEA BIO-GEO-CHEMISTRY AND HYDROLOGY REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL UPWELLING IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ON THE USE OF THERMAL IMAGES FOR CIRCULATION STUDIES: APPLICATIONS TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN CURRENT TRACKING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA USING THERMAL THE NEXT GENERATION OF MULTI-SENSOR MERGED SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA SETS FOR EUROPE LASER REMOTE SENSING OF THE EUROPEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT: LIF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS SECTION 3: MICROWAVE PASSIVE/ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY AND RADIOMETERS FOR OCEAN APPLICATIONS SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR SEA SURFACE SALINITY MEASUREMENT FROM SPACE MICROWAVE APERTURE SYNTHESIS RADIOMETRY: PAVING THE PATH SEA ICE PARAMETERS FROM MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY INTRODUCTION TO MICROWAVE ACTIVE TECHNIQUES AND BACKSCATTER PROPERTIES SCATTEROMETER APPLICATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN SEAS RADAR ALTIMETRY: INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION TO AIR-SEA INTERACTION 15 YEARS OF ALTIMETRY AT VARIOUS SCALES OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN CAN WE RECONSTRUCT THE 20TH CENTURY SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE BASIS OF RECENT ALTIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS? INTERNAL WAVES GENERATED IN THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR AND MESSINA: OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE HIGH RESOLUTION WIND FIELD RETRIEVAL FROM SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR: NORTH SEA EXAMPLES SATELLITE IMAGING FOR MARITIME SURVEILLANCE OF THE EUROPEAN SEAS OIL SPILL DETECTION IN NORTHERN EUROPEAN WATERS: APPROACHES AND ALGORITHMS THE USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM ARCHIVES TO MONITOR OIL SPILLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA G FERRARO, B BULGARELLI, S MEYER-ROUX, O MUELLENHOFF, SAR OBSERVATION OF RIP CURRENTS OFF THE PORTUGUESE COAST CURRENT MEASUREMENTS IN EUROPEAN COASTAL WATERS AND RIVERS BY ALONG-TRACK INSAR WAVE AND CURRENT OBSERVATIONS IN EUROPEAN WATERS BY LAND-BASED OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC COASTAL ZONE SECTION 4: MULTI-SENSOR TECHNIQUES COASTAL WATERS MULTI-SENSOR REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL DISCHARGE PLUMES: A MEDITERRANEAN TEST SITE ACRONYMS GROUND-BASED X-BAND RADAR WAMOS II AS A SENSOR FOR SEA STATE, CURRENT AND BATHYMETRY NAUTICAL RADAR MEASUREMENTS IN EUROPE: APPLICATIONS OF MULTI-SENSOR OBSERVATIONS OF MESO-SCALE FEATURES IN EUROPEAN SEA ICE MONITORING IN THE ARCTIC AND BALTIC SEA USING SAR A MULTI-SENSOR APPROACH