Measurement of directional wave spectra using aircraft laser altimeters

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 869-885

  Sun, Jielun ^a   Burns, S P ^a   Vandemark, D ^b   Donelan, Mark A ^c   Mahrt, Larry ^d   Crawford, Timothy L ^e   Herbers, T H C ^f   Crescenti, G H ^g   French, J R ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^g FLP Energy   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

AIRCRAFT LASER ALTIMETERS; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA; LASER MEASUREMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 27544499640     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1729.1     Document Type: Article

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