Applications of GPS-R Technique for Ocean Remote Sensing: Results of Coastal Experiment in China

Author

Wang Xin ; Sun Qiang ; Zhang Xunxie ; Lu Daren ; Hu Xiong

Author_Institution

Inst. of Atmos. Phys., CAS, Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Results of the GPS-Reflection (GPS-R) coastal experiment in the southeast of China were given. The experimental campaign began in September 2006 and its succeeding observation was kept until March 2007. Through the ocean reflected events recorded by the Oceanpal instrument, direct and reflected correlation waveforms were obtained. Then the sea surface parameter Significant Wave Height (SWH) was retrieved and compared with an Ultrasonic Wave Gauge (UWG) measurements in situ which was regarded as the truth. The statistics shows that the mean error and stand deviation is less than 5.1cm and 10.1cm respectively. At last a potential way for deriving wave speed and direction with the delay of the autocorrelation waveforms was proposed.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; AD 2006 09; AD 2007 03; China; GPS-R technique; GPS-Reflection coastal experiment; Oceanpal instrument; Significant Wave Height; Ultrasonic Wave Gauge; autocorrelation waveform; ocean remote sensing; Correlation; Delay; Global Positioning System; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ningbo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7871-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMULT.2010.5631366

Filename

5631366