Seasonal variability of freshwater plumes in the eastern Gulf of Guinea as inferred from satellite measurements

OJ Houndegnonto, N Kolodziejczyk… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the eastern Gulf of Guinea (GG), freshwater originated from rivers discharges into the
ocean and high precipitation rate are key contributors to the upper ocean vertical density …

Impact of assimilating satellite surface velocity observations in the Mercator Ocean International analysis and forecasting global 1/4° system

I Mirouze, E Rémy, JM Lellouche, MJ Martin… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Representing and forecasting global ocean velocities is challenging. Velocity observations
are scarce and sparse, and are rarely assimilated in a global ocean configuration. Recently …

Assessing the potential impact of assimilating total surface current velocities in the Met Office's global ocean forecasting system

J Waters, MJ Martin, MJ Bell, RR King… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Accurate prediction of ocean surface currents is important for marine safety, ship routing,
tracking of pollutants and in coupled forecasting. Presently, velocity observations are not …

The impact of ocean‐wave coupling on the upper ocean circulation during storm events

D Bruciaferri, M Tonani, HW Lewis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many human activities rely on accurate knowledge of the sea surface dynamics. This is
especially true during storm events, when wave‐current interactions might represent a …

[PDF][PDF] Vertical structure of near-surface currents: Importance, state of knowledge, and measurement challenges

S Elipot, JO Wenegrat - CLIVAR Variations, 2021 - wenegrat.github.io
Ocean surface currents have a profound influence on human life through their role in
horizontal transport and dispersal of pollutants and physical, biological, and chemical …

Estimating effects of wind and waves on the Doppler centroid frequency shift for the SAR retrieval of ocean currents

Z Yang, J Wang, L Liu, H Miao, X Miao… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimating the effects of wind and waves (EWW) on the Doppler centroid frequency shift is a
key step in the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) retrieval of ocean currents. However …

Effects of ocean wave directional spectra on Doppler retrievals of ocean surface current

Y Miao, X Dong, MA Bourassa… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Doppler shift of microwave radar signal is determined by the relative motion between
radar and ocean surface, including contributions from the movement of the radar platform …

Effects of Wave-Induced Doppler Velocity on the Sea Surface Current Measurements by Ka-Band Real-Aperture Radar with Small Incidence Angle

X Ma, J Meng, C Fan, P Chen - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Doppler shift of microwave radar sea surface echoes serves as the foundation for sea
surface current field retrieval; it includes the shift caused by satellite platform motion, ocean …

On the Effects of Ocean Surface Motion on Delay-Doppler Altimetry

L Marié, F Nouguier, DC Vandemark… - … on Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Poseidon-4 radar altimeter on board Sentinel-6 “Michael Freilich”(S6-MF) offers unique
opportunities to assess the impact of ocean surface motion on Delay-Doppler altimetry. In …

Ocean Flow Observation from Inter–Platform Measurement for Lagrangian Floats

C Wei, E Berkenpas, C Shepard, D Bevans… - OCEANS 2024 …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel algorithm for estimating the horizontal flow field using inter-
platform measurements of displacement among Lagrangian float systems. The primary …