High-resolution X-Band radar measurements of currents, bathymetry and sea state in highly inhomogeneous coastal areas

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 989-998

  Hessner, Katrin ^a   Reichert, Konstanze ^b   Borge, Jose Carlos Nieto ^c   Stevens, Craig L ^d   Smith, Murray J ^d  

^a OceanWaveS GmbH   (Germany)

^b Ocean Waves Pacific   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High resolution current fields; High resolution waves; Nautical radar; Remote sensing; Shallow water bathymetry

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARINE RADAR; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

CURRENT FIELDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; MARINE X-BAND RADARS; NAUTICAL RADAR; NEAR-SURFACE CURRENTS; SHALLOW WATER BATHYMETRY; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; RADAR IMAGERY; SEA STATE; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER DEPTH; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84904259395     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0724-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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