In the last week of February 2010, we will be privileged to have French and Norwegian experts in the field of Synthetic Aperture radar imagery, visiting us in Cape Town. On Thursday the 25th of February, they will be presenting some of their research to the South African community at the University of Cape Town.

Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) are active microwave instruments unaffected by clouds, which can provides a wide range of measurements specifically suited to monitoring the physical environment such as high resolution winds, wave and current fields, internal waves, ocean fronts and eddies. Satellite based synthetic aperture radars are also used around the world to detect ship and oil spills.

You are cordially invited to join us to find out more about Synthetic Aperture Radar oceanography. Please find below an agenda of the meeting.

Date: Thursday 25th of February 2010
Venue: University of Cape Town, Zoology level 1 seminar room
Contact: Marjolaine Rouault, Email: mrouault@csir.co.za, Tel:021-658-2755

SAR oceanography agenda:

Time: 14:00 - 14:15:
Speaker: Marjolaine Rouault
Topic: "On the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar measurments for Africa's marine environment ? "

Time: 14:15 - 14:45:
Speaker: Harald Johnsen
Topic: "Doppler Frequency from SAR Data - model, estimation and application"

Time: 14:45 - 15:15
Speaker: Dr. Fabrice Collard
Topic: "Swell tracking and swell field structure from SAR wave mode"

Time: 15:15 - 15:45
Speaker: Dr. Knut-Frode Dagestad
Topic: "Deriving high resolution wind field maps from SAR"

Time: 15:30 - 16:15
Speaker: Johnny Johannessen
Topic: "Using the SAR surface current velocities to derive a new MDT over the Agulhas Current region"

Time: 16:15 - 16:45
Speaker: Marjolaine Rouault
Topic: "Using the ASAR surface current velocities to further our understanding of the Agulhas Current"