Title :
High Resolution Sea Surface Current Maps Produced by Scanning with Ground Based Doppler Radar
Author :
Ziemer, Friedwart ; Marius, Cysewski
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Coastal Res. /GKSS, Geesthacht
fDate :
July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
Abstract :
Pulsed coherent X-band radar has been operated from shore and from board a ship to scan the sea surface velocities by separating the influences from wind and underlying currents. Test sites lie at tidal inlets of the German Bight that is part of the North Sea. Under the use of Precise Differential Global Positioning Systems (PDGPS) geo-coded radar current maps were produced.
Keywords :
Doppler radar; Global Positioning System; oceanographic equipment; wind; German Bight; North Sea; Precise Differential Global Positioning Systems; ground based Doppler radar; pulsed coherent X-band radar; sea surface current maps; sea surface velocities; wind; Data acquisition; Doppler radar; Marine vehicles; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9510-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.481
