Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress
achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology …

Observing sea states

F Ardhuin, JE Stopa, B Chapron, F Collard… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sea state information is needed for many applications, ranging from safety at sea and on the
coast, for which real time data are essential, to planning and design needs for infrastructure …

Ocean wave integral parameter measurements using Envisat ASAR wave mode data

XM Li, S Lehner, T Bruns - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An empirical algorithm to retrieve integral ocean wave parameters such as significant wave
height (SWH), mean wave period, and wave height of waves with period larger than 12 s …

Satellite-based wave data and wave energy resource assessment for South China Sea

O Yaakob, FE Hashim, KM Omar, AHM Din, KK Koh - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Wave energy has the potential to valuably contribute to the coastal states renewable energy
mix. However, lack of data sources hinders the effort to deliberately assess this resource …

[HTML][HTML] Performance variations of wave energy converters due to global long-term wave period change (1900–2010)

A Ulazia, A Saenz-Aguirre, G Ibarra-Berastegui… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Long-term ocean climate effects on wave energy are often analysed from the viewpoint of
the well-known increment of wave height over the decades. However, this increment …

Wave energy resource variation off the west coast of Ireland and its impact on realistic wave energy converters' power absorption

M Penalba, A Ulazia, G Ibarra-Berastegui, J Ringwood… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wave energy converters are specifically designed to extract the maximum energy from a
given location. To that end, wave data statistics based on past measures at the given …

Macroscale altimetry-based estimation and analyses of wave power: A foundation of wave energy development over Canada

C Dong, G Huang, G Cheng, Y Cai, C Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wave power is essential to carbon neutrality and other energy strategies. Its estimation and
analyses at macroscales are enabled by extensive satellite altimetric data, but several …

Accurate mean wave period from SWIM instrument on-board CFOSAT

H Jiang, Y Song, A Mironov, Z Yang, Y Xu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) instrument onboard the
China–France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) can provide wave spectra using its off …

Uncertainty in wave energy resource assessment. Part 2: Variability and predictability

EBL Mackay, ABS Bahaj, PG Challenor - Renewable energy, 2010 - Elsevier
The uncertainty in estimates of the energy yield from a wave energy converter (WEC) is
considered. The study is presented in two articles. The first article considered the accuracy …

Assessment of combined wind and wave energy in European coastal waters using satellite altimetry.

SP de León, JH Bettencourt, JV Ringwood… - Applied Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the combined wind and wave energy potential assessment is presented for
various locations in European coastal waters. The objective is to investigate the feasibility of …