Numerical simulation on the choice of space and time windows for altimeter/buoy comparison of significant wave height

Author

Chen, Ge ; Xu, Ping ; Fang, Chaoyang

Author_Institution

Ocean Remote Sensing Inst., Ocean Univ. of Qingdao, China

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

246

Abstract

Without full consideration of the potential consequences, a variety of space and time windows have been used in previous studies for compiling collocated satellite/in situ datasets of significant wave height (SWH). In this study, numerical simulations are carried out to examine the impacts of instrument noises, geophysical variabilities and the number of data pairs on the determination of an optimal size of space and time windows for the calibration/validation of altimeter-derived SWH against in situ measurements. As a result, a number of space/time windows are recommended for future altimeter/buoy SWH comparisons

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; buoy method; comparison; instrument noise; measurement technique; numerical simulation; ocean wave height; radar altimetry method; radar remote sensing; significant wave height; space window; spaceborne radar; time window; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Instruments; Noise level; Noise measurement; Numerical simulation; Oceans; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Time measurement;

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.2000.860481

Filename

860481