Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells
Numerical wave models are powerful tools for investigating global wave climate. Here a global wave hindcast is employed to estimate the global pattern of crossing swells. However, the global patterns of crossing swells derived from the model are different from those derived from the synthetic apertu...
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doaj-2ec8faa6831f4aef9ccc0131098a2cae2020-11-25T00:50:04ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922017-01-019210710.3390/rs9020107rs9020107Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing SwellsHaoyu Jiang0Alexis Mouche1He Wang2Alexander V. Babanin3Bertrand Chapron4Ge Chen5Department of Marine Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, ChinaLaboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centre de Brest, IFREMER, 29280 Plouzané, FranceNational Ocean Technology Center, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin 300000, ChinaDepartment of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, 3000 Victoria, AustraliaLaboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centre de Brest, IFREMER, 29280 Plouzané, FranceDepartment of Marine Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, ChinaNumerical wave models are powerful tools for investigating global wave climate. Here a global wave hindcast is employed to estimate the global pattern of crossing swells. However, the global patterns of crossing swells derived from the model are different from those derived from the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wave mode products of quasi-linear inversion, indicating one of them is questionable. The comparison shows that the first two most energetic swells inversed by SAR are often not in accordance with the first two most energetic swells in the model, and this will have a large impact on the statistics of the data. Before this problem is solved, SAR wave products of quasi-linear inversion should be treated with care in wave climate studies.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/2/107synthetic aperture radarquasi-linear inversioncrossing swellswave climate |
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Haoyu Jiang Alexis Mouche He Wang Alexander V. Babanin Bertrand Chapron Ge Chen Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells Remote Sensing synthetic aperture radar quasi-linear inversion crossing swells wave climate |
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Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells |
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Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells |
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Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells |
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Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells |
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Limitation of SAR Quasi-Linear Inversion Data on Swell Climate: An Example of Global Crossing Swells |
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limitation of sar quasi-linear inversion data on swell climate: an example of global crossing swells |
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Remote Sensing |
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Numerical wave models are powerful tools for investigating global wave climate. Here a global wave hindcast is employed to estimate the global pattern of crossing swells. However, the global patterns of crossing swells derived from the model are different from those derived from the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wave mode products of quasi-linear inversion, indicating one of them is questionable. The comparison shows that the first two most energetic swells inversed by SAR are often not in accordance with the first two most energetic swells in the model, and this will have a large impact on the statistics of the data. Before this problem is solved, SAR wave products of quasi-linear inversion should be treated with care in wave climate studies. |
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synthetic aperture radar quasi-linear inversion crossing swells wave climate |
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