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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Measurement of 2-D sea surface elevation fields using complex synthetic aperture radar data

J Schulz-Stellenfleth, S Lehner - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is presented to derive two-dimensional sea surface elevation fields from complex
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Applied to spaceborne SAR data as acquired by …

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 …

Multifocus processing of L band synthetic aperture radar images of ocean waves obtained during the Tower Ocean Wave and Radar Dependence Experiment

EK Tajirian - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
As part of the Tower Ocean Wave and Radar Dependence Experiment (TOWARD)
objectives, the mechanisms of SAR imaging of ocean waves are investigated using L band …

Internal wave detection and location in SAR images using wavelet transform

JA Ródenas, R Garello - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient computational framework far the extraction of mesoscale features, ie, internal
waves, present in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is discussed. The manifestation of …

An empirical approach for the retrieval of ocean wave parameters from synthetic aperture radar data

J Schulz-Stellenfleth, T Konig… - 2006 IEEE International …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spacebore Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR) is still the only instrument providing continuous
two-dimensional (2-D) ocean wave measurements on a global basis. For more than a …

Analysis of Two-dimensional Sea Surface Elevation Fields Using Spaceborne and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Techniques

W Rosenthal, H Dankert, J Horstmann… - … Ocean and Polar …, 2003 - onepetro.org
This study, which is performed in the framework of the European Project MAXWAVE, deals
with both theoretical aspects of extreme waves description as well as new techniques to …