Estimation and assessment of errors related to antenna pattern distortion in CODAR SeaSonde high-frequency radar ocean current measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1029-1043

  Laws, Kenneth ^a   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^b   Vesecky, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Currents; Error analysis; Ocean models; Radars radar observations

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PATTERN; ANTENNA PATTERN DISTORTION; ANTENNA SENSITIVITY; COASTAL OCEAN; COLLOCATED ANTENNAS; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HF RADARS; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN RADAR SYSTEM; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RADIAL CURRENTS; RMS ERRORS; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-BASED; SINGLE PARAMETER; SITE-SPECIFIC; STANDARD DEVIATION; WIND WAVE;

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADAR IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; WIND WAVE;

EID: 77955540273     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO658.1     Document Type: Article

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