High-Resolution Ocean Wave Estimation

Abstract

The goal of this effort is to develop and validate an algorithm to provide high-resolution estimates of the sea surface in the area around a fixed sensor system. The purpose of this development effort is to improve environmental situational awareness for open-ocean Naval operations. The objectives of this project are to develop and refine a sea-surface estimation algorithm based on the Vortwave model (Nwogu 2009), to apply the algorithm to synthetic data and to stationary tower- or ship-mounted marine radar systems to obtain high-resolution estimates of the ocean wave field, and to validate these estimates against available independent field observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598180

Entities

People

  • David Walker

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Elevation
  • Fixed Sensors
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Naval Operations
  • Observation
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Radar
  • Residuals
  • Situational Awareness
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Ultrasounds
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers