International seminar on problems of remote sensing of the ocean from space
Durind the period From 19 to 20 November 2012 in the satellite oceanography laboratory was held the international workshop on problems of remote sensing of the ocean from space. Leading Russian and foreign scientists attended the workshop:

• IO RAS: O. Kopelevich, S. Pereslegin, S. Badulin, D. Ivonin, Ivanov A (also P. Chernyshev and A. Chernysheva, students).
• IAP RAS: S. Ermakov
• MHI NANU: S. Stanichny, Yu. Yurovsky.
• SoLab(RSHU): B. Chapron, V.Kudryavtsev, E/ Zabolotskih, I. Kozlov, A. Myasoedov,also other from SALab staff
• RSHU: O. Aniskina, A. Zimin, T. Eremina

List of presentations:
1. Bertrand Chapron (IFREMER/RSHU): Introducing words

Ocean color sun-glitter imaging
2. O. Kopelevich (IO RAS), “Study and monitoring of the Russian northern seas from satellite data on ocean color (results 2012)”.
3. Myasoedov, B. Chapron, V. Kudryavtsev Sun-glitter imaging of the mesoscale ocean current: MODIS/MERIS Gulf Stream case study

Hurricane and Polar Laws
1. E. Zabolotskih (SoLab), AMSR-E and AMSR2 wind speed retrievals in hurricanes.
2. O. Aniskina (RSHU), Modelling of polar laws: a case study supported by micro-wave observations.
3. L. Mitnik (PO IO). Multi-sensor approach …..
4. Chapron B., N. Reul, V. Kudryavtsev, ….. Hurricane Igor’s wake analysis using multispectral satellite data.

Radars and SAR
5. Kudryavtsev V., B. Chapron, A. Myasoedov, F. Collard, and J.Johannessen, On dual co-polarized SAR measurements of the Ocean surface
6. Ivonin D., (IO RAS) Real-time remote sensing of near-shore vortices by nautical X-band radar at the Black Sea
7. Ivonin D., Dostovalov M., Ivanov A., Zakharov A. (IO RAS) Sensitivity of cross-polarized TerraSAR-X and Radarsat-2 images to oil slicks and wind conditions
8. Pereslegin S., Ivonin D. (IO RAS), Perspectives of Velocity Fields Sensing by Sea SAR Interferometry
9. S. Ermakov (IAP RAS). Investigation of Ka-band Doppler radar signal in the laboratory conditions.

Black Sea Platform Experiment:
10. S. Ermakov (IAP RAS). Some preliminary results of X- and Ka-band radar measurements taken from the Platform.
11. Y. Yurovsky, M. Yurovskaya, V. Dulov, and V. Malinovsky (MHI NASU). Field study of the sea surface radar backscatter: joint dual-polarization dual-frequency radar measurements, video observation and stereo photo imaging
– Previous results
– An overview of the latest Platform experiment and preliminary results.

White Sea Experiment
12. A. Zimin (RSHU/IO RAS), White Sea Experiment: in situ measurements, preliminary results
13. I. Kozlov, B. Chapron, V. Kudryavtsev (SoLab), White Sea Experiment: RS-2 SAR observations, preliminary results.
Other issues
14. S. Badulin, V.G. Grigorieva, A. Chernyshova (P.P. Shirshov Institute, Moscow University) ABC of wind-wave growth and dynamical climatology of wind-driven sea
15. S. Stanichny, Kubryakov A., Kalinin E. (MHI NASU), Satellite monitoring and floating object tracking systems for the World Ocean.