Satellite-based radar measurements for validation of high-resolution sea state forecast models in the German Bight

Pleskachevsky A, Gebhardt C, Rosenthal W, Lehner S, Hoffmann P, Kieser J, Bruns T, Lindenthal A, Jansen F, Behrens A (2015)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2015

Publisher: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Book Volume: 40

Pages Range: 983-990

Conference Proceedings Title: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Event location: Berlin, DEU

ISBN: 9780000000002

DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-983-2015

Abstract

Remote sensing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from TerraSAR-X and Tandem-X (TS-X and TD-X) satellites have been used for validation and verification of newly developed coastal forecast models in the German Bight of the North Sea. The empirical XWAVE algorithm for estimation of significant wave height has been adopted for coastal application and implemented for NRT services. All available TS-X images in the German Bight collocated with buoy measurements (6 buoys) since 2013 were processed and analysed (total of 46 scenes/passages with 184 StripMap images). Sea state estimated from series of TS-X images cover strips with length of ∼200km and width of 30km over the German Bight from East-Frisian Islands to the Danish coast. The comparisons with results of wave prediction model show a number of local variations due to variety in bathymetry and wind fronts.

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APA:

Pleskachevsky, A., Gebhardt, C., Rosenthal, W., Lehner, S., Hoffmann, P., Kieser, J.,... Behrens, A. (2015). Satellite-based radar measurements for validation of high-resolution sea state forecast models in the German Bight. In G. Schreier, P. E. Skrovseth, H. Staudenrausch (Eds.), International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives (pp. 983-990). Berlin, DEU: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

MLA:

Pleskachevsky, A., et al. "Satellite-based radar measurements for validation of high-resolution sea state forecast models in the German Bight." Proceedings of the 2015 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Berlin, DEU Ed. G. Schreier, P. E. Skrovseth, H. Staudenrausch, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2015. 983-990.

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