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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2003.19.1.31

Wave Height from Satellite Altimetry and Its Comparison with a Model Product

Kim, Seung-Bum (DSatellite Technology Research Center, Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Tech)
Kang, Sok-Kuh (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute)

Publication Information

Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.19, no.1, 2003 , pp. 31-36 More about this Journal

Abstract

We extracted significant wave height (SWH) using several altimeter missions from 1987-1995 over the Northwest Pacific ocean and compared with ECMWF (European Center for Medium- Range Forecast) reanalysis (ERA) products. For large wave heights the ERA wave heights are smaller than the altimetric ones, while for small wave heights the ERA wave heights are larger Comparison in SWH between altimetric derivations and ERA model products shows the discrepancy of 0.46-0.21 $\times$ SWH (m). Methods for propagating this differences into ERA wind error are presented.

Keywords

Significant wave height; altimetry; ECMWF; TOPEX/Poseidon; Geosat.;

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