Altimeter-derived ocean wave period using genetic algorithm

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 354-358

  Govindan, Remya ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Basu, Sujit ^a   Sarkar, Abhijit ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Altimeter; genetic algorithm; wave age; wave height; wave period; winds

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ALTIMETER; ALTIMETER DATA; ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FORECASTING TIME SERIES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; OCEAN WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDY; RADAR BACKSCATTER; WAVE AGE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE PERIOD; WIND SPEED;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TIME SERIES; WATER WAVES;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79952043825     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2075911     Document Type: Article

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