A parametric model for ocean wave period from Ku band altimeter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mackay, E B L ^b   Retzler, C H ^c   Challenor, P G ^a   Gommenginger, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Pelamis Wave Power Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; ALTIMETER DATA; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BUOY MEASUREMENTS; DATA SETS; ENVISAT; JASON-1; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; KU-BAND MEASUREMENTS; OCEAN WAVES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; RMS ERRORS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STEP CHANGES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE PERIOD;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ALTIMETER; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 67651199342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004438     Document Type: Article

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