RADAR AND OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERICPHENOMENA IN THE BLACK SEA SHORE AREA

摘要

Summer/autumn concurrent experiments conducted forrnthe past five years by Space Research Institute RASrn(IKI RAS) near Gelendzhik, Black Sea shore, allowedrnto closely monitor sea and atmosphere dynamics in thernregion. Over 40 ERS-2 SAR and 6 ENVISAT ASARrnimages obtained exhibit large variety of importantrnphenomena: atmospheric and oceanic fronts, pollutionrnand other slicks, atmospheric convection, vortices, leernpatterns, etc. Available extensive data covering all-yearrnsea state, NOAA data and hydrometeorologicalrncondition data help to adequately interpret SARrnsignatures. The focus is on three phenomena:rnatmospheric and oceanic vortex structures, mushroomrnflows, atmospheric internal waves and air jets.