A comparison of sea-state parameters from nautical radar images and buoy data

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 2209-2225

  Izquierdo, P ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a   Nieto Borge, J C ^b   Rodriguez G R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nautical radar and scalar buoy; Ocean waves; Sea state parameters

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

OCEAN WINDS; RADAR IMAGES; SEA-STATE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS;

RADAR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BUOY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; WIND WAVE;

EID: 8144228435     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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