Coastal applications of X-band radar to achieve spatial and temporal surface wave monitoring

Author

Reichert, K. ; Hessner, K. ; Lund, B.

Author_Institution

OceanWaveS Pacific Ltd., Lower Hutt

fYear

2007

fDate

18-21 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper wave data from two different coastal stations will be discussed with respect to spatial inhomogeneities in the wave field. Effects of the changes in the local topography and strong tidal currents are reproduced in the radar data. The discussion will focus on the potentials of these data to monitor spatial and temporal variabilities of the sea state in coastal approaches. As an example, dissipation, refraction, and reflection of waves will be analysed.

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; tides; X-band radar; coastal application; directional wave spectra; local topography changes; radar data; spatial inhomogeneity; spatial variability monitoring; surface wave monitoring; temporal variability monitoring; tidal current; wave dissipation; wave reflection; wave refraction; Clutter; Monitoring; Navigation; Radar applications; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface topography; Surface waves; Directional wave spectra; Wave transformation; X-band radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Conference_Location

Aberdeen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2007.4302276

Filename

4302276