Abstract

Radar images include abundant information about ocean waves. Sea state parameters and surface currents can be obtained by analyzing time series of radar images of the sea surface. Due to the non-linearity of the imaging mechanism of ocean waves, significant wave height (H s ) can not be determined directly from radar images. Applying a method to infer the H s from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, the H s can be estimated from marine radar images. Comparing the H s obtained by this method with buoy data, the results show that it is feasible to obtain reliable data of the H s from marine radar images.

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