In this talk, the research on radar ocean remote sensing using X-band marine radar will be introduced. First, the basic principles of X-band marine will be explained. Next, some representative methods and most recent results for different ocean remote sensing applications of X-band marine radar will be illustrated. The focus will be on sea surface current measurement, wave information extraction, and wind field mapping. Finally, some challenges and future directions about ocean sensing using X-band marine radar will be outlined.

Biography:

Weimin Huang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in radio physics from Wuhan University in 1995, 1997, and 2001, respectively, and the M.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Memorial University of Newfoundland during 2004-2007. From 2008 to 2010, he was a Design Engineer with Rutter Technologies, St. John’s, NL. Since 2010, he has been with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he is currently a Professor. He has authored or coauthored more than 350 refereed research articles. His research interests include the mapping of oceanic surface parameters (wind, wave, current) via high-frequency ground wave radar, X-band marine radar, synthetic aperture radar, and global navigation satellite systems. 

He was the recipient of the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in 2017, and the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Letters Prize Paper Award in 2019 as well as some other teaching and research awards. He was a member and the cochair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Evaluation Group for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grants from 2018 to 2021. He has been an associate editor for eight journals including IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, etc; and a guest editor for seven journals. He has been a reviewer for more than 130 international journals and a reviewer for many international conferences. He is the general chair and the technical program co-chair for the IEEE 20th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics, and the general co-chair and the technical program co-chair of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) 13th Currents, Waves, and Turbulence Measurement Workshop. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Executive Committee member (Treasurer) of IEEE OES.