Operational wave, current, and wind measurements with the pisces HF radar

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 819-834

  Wyatt, Lucy R ^a   Green, J Jim ^a   Middleditch, Andrew ^a,e   Moorhead, Mike D ^b   Howarth, John ^c   Holt, Martin ^d   Keogh, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Neptune Radar Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e Seaview Sensing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directional waverider buoy; HF radar; Model; Ocean wave measurement; QuikSCAT; Surface current; Tide; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; MARINE RADAR; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TIDES; WATER WAVES; WIND;

DIRECTIONAL WAVERIDER BUOY; OCEAN WAVE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE CURRENT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947374712     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2006.888378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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