Determination of Ocean Wave Period from Altimeter Data Using Wave-Age Concept |
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| Authors: | Jignesh Kshatriya Abhijit Sarkar Raj Kumar |
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| Institution: |
a Oceanic Sciences Division, Meteorology & Oceanography Group, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India |
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| Abstract: | This study makes use of the concept of wave age in estimating ocean wave period from space borne altimeter measurements of backscattering coefficient and significant wave height. Introduction of wave age allowed better accounting of the difference between swells and wind waves. Using two years (1998 and 1999) data of TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter and ocean data buoy observations in the Indian Ocean, coefficients were generated for wave period, which were subsequently tested against data for the years 2000 and 2001. The results showed the wave period accuracy to be of the order of 0.6 sec (against 1.3 sec obtained with the semiempirical approach, reported earlier). |
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| Keywords: | altimeter wave age wave period TOPEX/Poseidon satellite ocean buoy |
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