Title :
A proposal of measuring ocean wavelengths by satellite altimeters
Author :
Fujisaki, Kiyotaka ; Tateiba, Mitsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Commun. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents methods for estimating the ocean wavelength in satellite altimetry and discusses the possibility of detecting the ocean wavelength. Numerical analyses show that there exists a relation between the significant wavelength and the pulse-to-pulse correlation coefficient
Keywords :
ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar altimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; ocean wavelength; pulse-to-pulse correlation coefficient; satellite altimetry; Altimetry; Computer simulation; Ocean waves; Proposals; Pulse measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Wavelength measurement;
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.2001.976803
