Simulation and detection of tsunami signatures in ocean surface currents measured by HF radar

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1495-1507

  Gurgel, Klaus Werner ^a   Dzvonkovskaya, Anna ^b   Pohlmann, Thomas ^a   Schlick, Thomas ^a   Gill, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

HF radar; Ocean modelling; Ocean surface current; Remote sensing; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COHERENT INTEGRATION TIME; CURRENT SIGNAL; CURRENT SIGNATURES; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP OCEAN; EARLY WARNING; HF RADARS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LONG RANGE; MICROWAVE RADARS; NEW MODULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODELLING; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; RADAR WAVELENGTH; SHALLOW WATERS; SHELF EDGES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE CURRENT; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME STEP; TSUNAMI DETECTION; TSUNAMI WARNING; WATER COLUMNS;

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; TSUNAMIS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; COAST; COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP SEA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MONITORING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF BREAK; SIGNAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WAVE; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER COLUMN; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 81155134966     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0420-9     Document Type: Article

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