Table 2 Specification of SAR images with sea surface wind and wave conditions.

From: Nonlinear internal wave spirals in the northern East China Sea

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Satellite name

TanDEM-X

KOMPSAT-5

KOMPSAT-5

KOMPSAT-5

TanDEM-X

Acquisition time

21:45:30 UTC Sep. 10, 2014

09:43:54 UTC May 28, 2015

21:38:07 UTC June 3, 2015

21:31:17 UTC June 5, 2015

21:45:31 UTC June 12, 2015

Band

X-band

X-band

X-band

X-band

X-band

Orbit direction

Descending

Descending

Ascending

Ascending

Descending

Polarization

VV

VV

VV

VV

VV

Incidence angle (˚)

31.7–34.7

22.3–25.0

47.1–48.8

36.5–38.6

32.0–34.9

Wind speed (m s−1)

7.3

7.4

7.5

5.2

7.5

Wind direction (˚)

38

103

41

178

212

Significant wave height (m)

1.2

1.6

1.7

0.8

0.8