Measuring surface wind direction by monostatic HF ground-wave radar at the Eastern China Sea

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1032-1037

  Huang, Weimin ^a   Gill, Eric ^a   Wu, Shicai ^b   Wen, Biyang ^b   Yang, Zijie ^b   Hou, Jiechang ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Doppler spectrum; High frequency ground wave radar (HFGWR); Wind direction

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOPPLER RADAR; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

DOPPLER SPECTRUM; HIGH FREQUENCY GROUND WAVE RADAR (HFGWR); SHIP BORNE INTRUMENTATION; WIND AMBIGUITY; WIND DIRECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 14744286021     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.834175     Document Type: Article

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