Wave energy resource assessment for exploitation—a review

N Guillou, G Lavidas, G Chapalain - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over recent decades, the exploitation of wave energy resources has sparked a wide range
of technologies dedicated to capturing the available power with maximum efficiency …

33 years of globally calibrated wave height and wind speed data based on altimeter observations

A Ribal, IR Young - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
This dataset consists of 33 years (1985 to 2018), of global significant wave height and wind
speed obtained from 13 altimeters, namely: GEOSAT, ERS-1, TOPEX, ERS-2, GFO, JASON …

Global marine gravity from retracked Geosat and ERS‐1 altimetry: Ridge segmentation versus spreading rate

DT Sandwell, WHF Smith - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Three approaches are used to reduce the error in the satellite‐derived marine gravity
anomalies. First, we have retracked the raw waveforms from the ERS‐1 and Geosat/GM …

A well‐calibrated ocean algorithm for special sensor microwave/imager

FJ Wentz - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
I describe an algorithm for retrieving geophysical parameters over the ocean from special
sensor microwave/imager (SSM/I) observations. This algorithm is based on a model for the …

Satellite altimetry

DB Chelton, JC Ries, BJ Haines, LL Fu… - International …, 2001 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The basic concept of satellite altimetry is to measure the range from the
satellite to the sea surface. The altimeter transmits a short pulse of microwave radiation with …

[HTML][HTML] Development and implementation of wind-generated ocean surface wave Modelsat NCEP

HL Tolman, B Balasubramaniyan… - Weather and …, 2002 - journals.ametsoc.org
Development and Implementation of Wind-Generated Ocean Surface Wave Modelsat NCEP in:
Weather and Forecasting Volume 17 Issue 2 (2002) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Assessment and calibration of ERA5 severe winds in the atlantic ocean using satellite data

RM Campos, CB Gramcianinov, R de Camargo… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we analyze the surface winds of ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis in the Atlantic
Ocean. The first part addresses a reanalysis validation, studying the spatial distribution of …

Practical modeling of hurricane surface wind fields

EF Thompson, VJ Cardone - … of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean …, 1996 - ascelibrary.org
Approaches for recreating hurricane surface winds in relation to ocean wave, surge, and
current modeling are reviewed. A discrete numerical wind field model, based on original …

US East Coast synthetic aperture radar wind atlas for offshore wind energy

T Ahsbahs, G Maclaurin, C Draxl… - Wind Energy …, 2019 - wes.copernicus.org
We present the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-based offshore wind atlas of the US East
Coast from Georgia to the Canadian border. Images from Radarsat-1, Envisat, Sentinel-1A …

[HTML][HTML] Intercomparison of the performance of operational ocean wave forecasting systems with buoy data

JR Bidlot, DJ Holmes, PA Wittmann… - Weather and …, 2002 - journals.ametsoc.org
Intercomparison of the Performance of Operational Ocean Wave Forecasting Systems with Buoy
Data in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 17 Issue 2 (2002) Jump to Content Jump to Main …