Korean Journal of Remote Sensing (대한원격탐사학회지)

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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)
  • Published : 2003.02.01
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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.

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