Title :
Observations of sea surface mean square slope during the Southern Ocean Waves Experiment
Author :
Walsh, E.J. ; Vandemark, D.C. ; Wright, C.W. ; Banner, M.L. ; Swift, R.N. ; Scott, J.F. ; Hines, D.E. ; Jensen, J. ; Lee, S.
Author_Institution :
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Abstract :
Registered ocean wave topography and backscattered power data at 36 GHz were collected off the coast of Tasmania under a wide range of wind and sea conditions, from quiescent to gale force winds with 9 m wave height. Collection altitude varied from 35 m to 1.4 km, allowing determination of the sea surface mean squared slope (mss), the directional wave spectrum, and mss variation with respect to wind and wave parameters
Keywords :
ocean waves; oceanographic regions; 36 GHz; SOWEX; Southern Ocean; Southern Ocean Waves Experiment; Tasmania; directional wave spectrum; ocean wave; radar observations; rough sea; sea conditions; sea surface mean square slope; storm; wind conditions; Aircraft; Australia; NASA; Ocean waves; Position measurement; Power measurement; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface topography; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976831
