1. Ocean Surface waves Young-Heon Jo 2014 Spring Semester Section 8
June 3, 2014
Satellite Oceanography
Section 8
Ocean Surface waves
Young-Heon Jo
2014 Spring Semester

3. NASA's G-III UAVSAR Surveys Gulf Oil Spill Area (HD 1080p)

4. Outline 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Measuring ocean waves-principles
8.3Measuring ocean waves-practical system
8.4 Applications of wave data from satellies
8.5 Using satellite dta in wave prediction models
8.6 Wave climate
8.7 Assessment and future perspectives

5. 8.1 Introduction

6. 8.2 Measuring ocean waves-principles
8.2.1 Characterizing ocean waves in terms of measureable parameters
8.2.2 Wave energy and spectra
8.2.3 Significant wave height

7. 8.2.4 Measuring ocean waves from an altimeter

8. 8.2.5 Observing waves with the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Image spectra

9. Relating image spectra to ocean wve spectra
Inverting the transform to retrieve wave spectra from image spectra

11. 8.2.6 Wave spectrometry

13. 8. 3 Measuring ocean waves-practical systems 8. 3
8.3 Measuring ocean waves-practical systems Altimeters fro measuring SWH

15. 8.3.2 SWH data products from altimeters

17. 8.3.3 Synthetic Aperture Radars
ASAR wave-related products
Synthetic Aperture Radar Marine User's Manual
ERS SAR views, University of Hamburg, Germany

21. 8. 4 Applications of wave data from satellites 8. 4
8.4 Applications of wave data from satellites Applications of SWH

22. 8.4.2 Applications of SAR

23. 8.5 Using satellite data in wave prediction models
8.5.2 Use of satellite data with wave models
8.5.3 Assimilating satellite data into models

24. 8.6 Wave climate
Creating climatologies from satellite data

25. Exploiting satellite-derived wave climatologies

26. 8.7 Assessment and future perspectives

27. What can SAR sea?