Measurement of the geometric and kinematic properties of microscale breaking waves from infrared imagery using a PIV algorithm

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1961-1969

  Jessup, A T ^a   Phadnis, K R ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Infrared; Microbreaking; Microscale wave breaking; PIV

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; KINEMATICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROBREAKING; MICROSCALE WAVE BREAKING; PIV;

WAVES;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 25644452001     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/10/011     Document Type: Article

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