High frequency ground wave radar measurement of ocean surface parameters during the ERS-1 calibration-validation experiment

Author

Gill, E.W. ; Howell, R.K. ; Hickey, K. ; Walsh, J. ; Dawe, B.J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Eng., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Oct 1993

Abstract

Ocean surface currents, nondirectional wave information and winds are extracted from the power spectra of a high frequency (HF) 40-element narrow beam antenna. The steerable, frequency modulated interrupted continuous wave (FMICW) radar system, operating in the ground wave mode, collects backscattered radiation from a 120° ocean sector extending 200 km from Cape Race, Newfoundland. Nondirectional ocean spectral comparison is made between the radar and a waverider buoy and significant waveheights are compared with data from the buoy, reports from the Canadian Meteorology and Oceanography Centre (METOC) and with values output by the Canadian Spectral Ocean Wave Model (CSOWM). Surface wind speeds, obtained through a least-squares comparison of measured and modelled radar spectra, are validated with data provided by the Atmospheric Environment Service (AES)

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; calibration; geophysical techniques; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; ERS-1; HF radar; atmosphere wind; calibration; dynamics; ground truth; high frequency ground wave radar; measurement technique; nondirectional wave; ocean surface parameters; ocean wave; radar remote sensing; sea surface; surface current; validation; wave height; wind; Atmospheric modeling; Data mining; Frequency; Hafnium; Meteorological radar; Oceans; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1385-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326030

Filename

326030