Title :
System for estimation of significant height and direction of waves by using radar intensities
Author :
Hernandez, Ivan Arias ; Velez Diaz, Juan Carlos ; Calle, Maria
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Abstract :
The paper explains the process for obtaining ocean variables using a radar located ashore. The paper presents one algorithm for selecting a sea clutter area with required information to calculate sea variables. The reported algorithms to extract those variables have been enhanced by including filtering stages. The system has 10% maximum error compared to an in situ sensor. The results motivate the usage of radar ashore for swell monitoring with direct application in coastal erosion studies.
Keywords :
erosion; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; coastal erosion studies; filtering stages; in situ sensor; radar intensities; sea clutter area; sea variables; waves direction; Clutter; Gabor filters; Radar imaging; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Radar Application; Remote Sensing; Sea Clutter; Sea State;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (LATINCOM), 2014 IEEE Latin-America Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena de Indias
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6737-7
DOI :
10.1109/LATINCOM.2014.7041878
