Signal sampling impacts on HF radar wave measurement

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 793-805

  Wyatt, Lucy R ^a   Green, J Jim ^a   Middleditch, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Seaview Sensing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOY MEASUREMENTS; DATA QUALITY; DATA SETS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HF RADARS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; POWER-SPECTRA; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SAMPLING THEORY; SIGNAL SAMPLING; WAVE MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR SYSTEMS; SURFACE WAVES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BUOY SYSTEM; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; RADAR; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 70349190668     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHO614.1     Document Type: Article

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