Optical and microwave detection of wave breaking in the surf zone

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1879-1893

  Catalán, Patricio A ^a   Haller, Merrick C ^b   Holman, Robert A ^c   Plant, William J ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nearshore; optical imaging; radar; remote sensing; sea surface; surface waves; wave breaking

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVES; CO-LOCATED; COMBINED METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FIELD DATA; HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING MECHANISM; INFLEXION POINT; JOINT HISTOGRAMS; LENGTH SCALE; MICROWAVE DETECTION; MICROWAVE SCATTERING; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; NEARSHORES; NON-BREAKING WAVES; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SIGNALS; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SEA SURFACES; SEPARATION METHODS; SURF ZONES; VIDEO SYSTEMS; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE DISSIPATION;

GRAPHIC METHODS; MARINE RADAR; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISSIPATION; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SIGNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM; SURF ZONE; SURFACE WAVE; SYNCHRONY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 79957666456     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2095864     Document Type: Article

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