Monitoring and analysis of ocean swell fields from space: New methods for routine observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Collard, Fabrice ^a   Ardhuin, Fabrice ^c   Chapron, Bertrand ^b  

^a Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; DISSIPATION RATES; E-FOLDING; FAR FIELD; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GLOBAL SCALE; GLOBAL VIEW; GREAT CIRCLE; GROUP VELOCITIES; LEVEL 2; LONG DISTANCES; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; OCEAN BASINS; ONE DIMENSION; PEAK PERIOD; PROPAGATION METHOD; REAL-TIME DATA; SOURCE REGION; SPATIAL EXTENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODES; WAVE SPECTRA;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BUOY SYSTEM; DATA SET; DISSIPATION; ENERGY BALANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SWELL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 70349669313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005215     Document Type: Article

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