Detection of ocean wave groupiness from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar

JC Nieto Borge, S Lehner… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years a number of remote sensing techniques capable to provide two‐dimensional
information of the sea surface have been applied to describe sea states. This information is …

A wavelet-based algorithm to estimate ocean wave group parameters from radar images

A Niedermeier, JCN Borge, S Lehner… - … on Geoscience and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, new remote sensing techniques have been developed to measure two-
dimensional (2-D) sea surface elevation fields. The availability of these data has led to the …

Ocean wave groupiness from ERS-1/2 and ENVISAT imagettes

A Niedermeier, J Schulz-Stellenfleth… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study a global data set of reprocessed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data acquired
by the European Remote Sensing satellite ERS-2 is used to study ocean wave grouping …

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 …

Detection of spatio-temporal wave grouping properties by using temporal sequences of X-band radar images of the sea surface

JCN Borge, K Reichert, K Hessner - Ocean Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
This work analyses wave groupiness features in the three-dimensional spatio-temporal
domain by using sea surface information acquired by common X-band marine radars. The …

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 …

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 …

On the detectability of ocean surface waves by real and synthetic aperture radar

WR Alpers, DB Ross… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
Real and synthetic aperture radars have been used in recent years to image ocean surface
waves. Though wavelike patterns are often discernible on radar images, it is still not fully …

On the homogeneity of the wave field in coastal areas as determined from ERS-2 and RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar images of the ocean surface

FJ Ocampo-Torres - Scientia Marina, 2001 - scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es
Spatial variations of the wave field in coastal waters were determined from images obtained
by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on board the European satellites ERS-1 and 2. The …

Identification and characterization of internal waves in SAR images along the coast of Norway

ST Dokken, R Olsen, T Wahl… - Geophysical research …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs) on ERS and RADARSAT are sensitive to changes in
the small‐scale surface roughness present on the ocean surface, which is altered by the …