Title :
Over-the-horizon ocean surface wave and wind measurements using a narrow beam ground wave radar: validation against models and in-situ instrumentation
Author :
Gill, E.W. ; Khandekar, M.L. ; Howell, R.K. ; Walsh, J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Eng., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada
Abstract :
A high frequency (HF) radar operating in the ground wave mode at Cape Race, Newfoundland has been used to monitor over 40,000 square kilometres of ocean in the Grand Banks region. In addition to hard target detection and tracking, the data products provided by this frequency modulated interrupted continuous wave (FMICW) radar include wind and wave information. During November 1991, the Cape Race radar was one of several sensors used in an international experiment involving the European Space Agency´s Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1). Wind and wave parameters derived from the radar data collected at that time are evaluated against buoy measurements as well as against values from an operational wave model. The radar-deduced wave heights are also compared to values obtained from marine wave height charts
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar detection; radar tracking; remote sensing by radar; wind; Cape Race; ERS-1 Remote Sensing Satellite; European Space Agency; FMICW radar; Grand Banks region; HF radar; Newfoundland; buoy measurements; frequency modulated interrupted continuous wave; in-situ instrumentation; international experiment; marine wave height charts; narrow beam ground wave radar; ocean surface wave measurement; ocean wind measurement; over-the-horizon radar; radar data; target detection; target tracking; wave heights; wave parameters; wind parameters; CW radar; Chirp radar; HF radar; Radar detection; Radar imaging/mapping; Radar tracking; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994. Conference Proceedings. 1994 Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Halifax, NS
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2416-1
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1994.405865
