High-Resolution Remote Sensing Experiment (High-Res)

High-Res was an Accelerated Research Inititive (ARI) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The general goal of the High-Res program is to understand the physics responsible for the radar imaging of mesoscale and submesoscale ocean features, and to assess, through a comparison with in situ data, the usefulness of remote sensing as a means for obtaining quantitative measurements of the properties of these features.

SAR signature of the Gulf Stream

Remotely-sensed current comparison