Wave height derived by texture analysis of X-band radar sea surface images

Author

Gangeskar, Rune

Author_Institution

MIROS A/S, Asker, Norway

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2952

Abstract

The sea state affects the texture of radar sea surface images. Property extraction based on image statistics, an important element of image analysis, is used to distinguish between different, textures. The connection between statistical properties and significant wave height (H _m0) is investigated. The experiences from this analysis are then used for estimating H_m0 from the image statistics. The radar sea surface images used in the analysis are collected with a standard X-band navigation radar from the Gullfaks C (GFC) oil production platform in the North Sea. Reference wave data have been collected with a MIROS Wave Radar Mk II in the same period

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; image texture; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; Gullfaks C; SHF; X-band; image statistics; image texture; measurement technique; ocean wave; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; sea surface image; significant wave height; texture analysis; wave height; Image analysis; Image texture analysis; Navigation; Petroleum; Production; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Statistical analysis; Surface texture; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860301

Filename

860301