Sea state determination from ship-based geodetic GPS

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2556-2564

  Foster, James ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Cheung, Kwok Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning systems (GPS); Sea state; Ship observations

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; GAGES; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; SHIP TESTING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVES;

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; ECONOMIC VITALITY; MODEL PREDICTION; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE ELEVATION; SHIP OBSERVATIONS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

SHIPS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; GEODESY; GPS; RESEARCH VESSEL; SEA STATE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84907826450     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00211.1     Document Type: Article

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