High resolution current & bathymetry determined by nautical X-Band radar in shallow waters

OCEANS '09 IEEE Bremen: Balancing Technology with Future Needs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hessner, Katrin ^a   Bell, Paul S ^b  

^a OceanWaveS GmbH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SITES; CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEMS; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRUM; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; MODEL DATA; NAUTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SEA STATE; SEA STATE PARAMETERS; SEA SURFACES; SHALLOW WATERS; SHIP TRAFFIC; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WAVE PERIOD; X-BAND RADARS;

BATHYMETRY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 71249136316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2009.5278333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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