Estimating sea spray volume with a laser altimeter

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1177-1183

  Toffoli, A ^a   Babanin, A V ^a   Donelan, M A ^b   Haus, B K ^b   Jeong, D ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERA SYSTEMS; DOWN-LOOKING; IN-SITU; INDIRECT MEASURE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LASER ALTIMETER; LASER INTENSITIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; REGRESSION MODEL; SEA SPRAY; SEA SURFACE ELEVATION; SIDE-LOOKING; SPRAY DROPLET; TRANSMISSION PATHS; WATER SURFACE; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

DROPS; LASER RADIATION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

ALTIMETER; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER METHOD; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WAVE GENERATION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 82655173402     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHO827.1     Document Type: Article

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