Sea state parameters extraction from radar images: System design and implementation

The main concentration of this paper is the system design and implementation of sea state parameters retrieval technique from nautical radar. The system consists of three main components: a general sea clutter data acquisition subsystem, a standard computer and a software package. The data acquisition subsystem is designed to acquire sea clutter data and then form consecutive image sequence for further analysis. The standard computer stores the acquired data and offers a hardware platform for the entire system. The software package with program language of Visual C++ fulfills the realization of the retrieval algorithms. Experimental results show the effectiveness and feasibility of the research. This work has significant values not only for ocean engineering but also for the performance of radar system in the detection of dim targets in strong sea clutter.