Sea Surface Kinematics from Radar Measurements

Dear Colleagues,

The highly dynamic uppermost layer of the oceans comprises multiscale expressions of intricate interactions between the earth system components. Currents, waves and sea level fluctuations largely define movement in the sea, dictating fluxes of heat, momentum, carbon and water to, from and within the marine ecosystem. Monitoring the motion of the sea is an essential component of earth observations to follow dynamic phenomena and the related implications, including assessing change, drifting of ice, understanding physical drivers in ecosystem functioning, gauging the impacts of pollutants and predicting hazards.  With this special issue we invite contributions on state-of-the-art research and applications of radar technology in ocean observations of sea surface kinematics.  Papers and review contributions are expected to cover remote sensing platforms like HF radars and satellite Doppler-based systems, novel methods of derived sea surface currents such as from ship movements, and other radar-based observing systems. Applicative articles on radar systems can also deal with the handling and quality enhancement of data, assimilation and links to numerical modelling and forecasting, operational services and product chains linking to societal and stakeholder needs.

Prof. Aldo Francis Drago
Guest Editor

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• Sea currents
• waves
• sea level variability
• HF radars
• Doppler oceanography
• data management
• data assimilation
• data services and products
• data gap filling
• forecasting
• user applications
• essential ocean variables