An Experimental Computer Algorithm for Seamount Model Parameter Estimation Based on SEASAT-A Satellite Radar Altimetry.

Abstract

This report formulates an experimental computer program for seamount model parameter estimation. The computer algorithm documented was designed to automatically recognize those characteristic perturbations among satellite radar altimetry data that indicate the presence of seamounts. Featured are a digital filter, a roughness detector, a physical model containing the potential theory associated with seamounts and specifying their effect on the sea surface and, finally, the estimator algorithm for the model parameters, in particular peak submergence depth. Also included are an error analysis and computer program checkout data. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA113169

Entities

People

  • Walter J. Groeger

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Geometry
  • Height
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Measurement
  • New England
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Seamounts
  • Surveys
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects