Remote Sensing Systems for Ocean

A Review (Part 1: Passive Systems)

authored by

Meisam Amani, Arsalan Ghorbanian, Milad Asgarimehr, Bahareh Yekkehkhany, Armin Moghimi, Shuanggen Jin, Amin Naboureh, Farzane Mohseni, Sahel Mahdavi, Nasir Layegh

Abstract

Reliable, accurate, and timely information about oceans is important for many applications, including water resource management, hydrological cycle monitoring, environmental studies, agricultural and ecosystem health applications, economy, and the overall health of the environment. In this regard, remote sensing (RS) systems offer exceptional advantages for mapping and monitoring various oceanographic parameters with acceptable temporal and spatial resolutions over the oceans and coastal areas. So far, different methods have been developed to study oceans using various RS systems. This urges the necessity of having review studies that comprehensively discuss various RS systems, including passive and active sensors, and their advantages and limitations for ocean applications. In this article, the goal is to review most RS systems and approaches that have been worked on marine applications. This review paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 is dedicated to the passive RS systems for ocean studies. As such, four primary passive systems, including optical, thermal infrared radiometers, microwave radiometers, and Global Navigation Satellite Systems, are comprehensively discussed. Additionally, this article summarizes the main passive RS sensors and satellites, which have been utilized for different oceanographic applications. Finally, various oceanographic parameters, which can be retrieved from the data acquired by passive RS systems, along with the corresponding methods, are discussed.

External Organisation(s)

Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions
K.N. Toosi University of Technology
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
University of Calgary
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fugro

Type

Article

Journal

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volume

15

Pages

210-234

No. of pages

25

ISSN

1939-1404

Publication date

2022

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computers in Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3130789 (Access: Open)