HF radar data quality requirements for wave measurement

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Wyatt, Lucy R ^a   Green, J Jim ^a   Middleditch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data quality; HF radar; Pisces; Wave buoy; Wave measurement; WERA

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; HF RADARS; PISCES; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WERA;

MEASUREMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SHIPS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SPECTRUM;

PISCES;

EID: 79851516460     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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