| Abstract |
The workshop is meant to: - Provide a forum for scientific exchange and to assess the state-of-art in SAR Coastal and Marine Application - Initiate and encourage close collaboration between individual research groups - Present the evolution of ENVISAT ASAR wave mode algorithms - Review the validation of ENVISAT ASAR wave products - Assess wave mode user requirements - Formulate recommendations for algorithm and new products development - To present ESA studies results on wind, wave and currents from SAR data - Provide a forum for ESA Principal Investigators to present results and status of AO and Cat-1 projects - Discuss the use of SAR data over the Ocean for scientific research, applications development and their assimilation into meteorological models - To review and assess the maturity and operational readiness of SAR marine applications - Assess the available data ordering and analysis tools |