Coastal applications of X-band radar to achieve spatial and temporal surface wave monitoring

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Reichert, K ^a   Hessner, K ^b   Lund, B ^b  

^a OceanWaveS Pacific Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b Ocean Waves GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directional wave spectra; Wave transformation; X band radar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; REFRACTION; SURFACE WAVES; TIDAL POWER;

DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA; TEMPORAL SURFACE WAVE MONITORING; WAVE TRANSFORMATION; X-BAND RADARS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 36348956104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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