Extreme waves observed by synthetic aperture radar

S Lehner, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - … and Analysis (2001), 2001 - ascelibrary.org
Within the last years a considerable number of large ships have been lost due to severe sea
state conditions. The cause of accidents are in many cases believed to be rogue waves …

Detection of extreme waves using synthetic aperture radar images

S Lehner, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Within the last years a considerable number of large ships have been lost due to severe sea
state conditions. The cause of accidents are in many cases believed to be rogue waves …

Extreme waves detected by satellite borne synthetic aperture radar

S Lehner, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - International …, 2002 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Within the last 20 years at least 200 supercarriers have been lost, due to severe weather
conditions. In many cases the cause of accidents is believed to be 'rouge waves', which are …

Detection of Rogue Waves From Space

S Lehner, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - International …, 2003 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Space borne Synthetic aperture radar are able to provide high resolution measurements of
ocean waves on a global scale. SAR is still the only instrument providing directional …

Investigation of ship and platform accidents due to severe weather events: results of the maxwave project

S Lehner, W Rosenthal - International …, 2006 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Heavy sea states and severe weather conditions have caused the loss of more than 200
super carriers within the last 20 years. In many cases single 'rogue waves' of abnormal …

Detection of extreme waves in sar images and radar-image sequences

H Dankert, J Horstmann… - International …, 2002 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Extreme waves are often enclosed by other waves which are also higher than the average.
These wave groups have to be taken into account for instance for the design of offshore …

Detection of extreme waves using radar-image sequences

H Dankert, J Horstmann… - … Geoscience and Remote …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is presented to localize wave groups spatially and spatio-temporally utilizing
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images and nautical radar-image sequences of the ocean …

Measurement of Extreme wave height by ERS-2 SAR and numerical wave model (WAM)

XM Li, T Koenig, S Lehne… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) onboard the European Satellite ERS-2 is operated in
wave mode over the global oceans whenever no image mode data acquisition is requested …

Analysis of nonlinear ocean wave features in synthetic aperture radar imagery

JC Nieto-Boree, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - IGARSS 2004. 2004 …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a reliable tool to analyze sea states in the
open ocean on a global scale. The sea state information obtained from SAR systems is …

Theory and practice of ocean wave measurement by synthetic aperture radar

J Vesecky, S Durden, D Napolitano… - Proceedings OCEANS' …, 1983 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing of ocean waves by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has reached a stage
where measurement of many gross wave characteristics, such as dominant wavelength and …