Ocean wave heights measured by a high resolution pulse-limited radar altimeter

1978 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Walsh ◽  
E. A. Uliana ◽  
B. S. Yaplee
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Ocean Wave ◽  
Radar Altimeter ◽  
Wave Heights

Measurement of ocean wave heights with a satellite radar altimeter

Eos ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald E. Barrick ◽  
Leonard S. Fedor
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Wave ◽  
Radar Altimeter ◽  
Wave Heights ◽  
Satellite Radar

A High-Resolution, Ocean Wave Gauge Array System

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Keller ◽  
G. Irani ◽  
R. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Ocean Wave

scholarly journals Changes in Ocean Heat Content Caused by Wave-Induced Mixing in a High-Resolution Ocean Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1139-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lachlan Stoney ◽  
Kevin J. E. Walsh ◽  
Steven Thomas ◽  
Paul Spence ◽  
Alexander V. Babanin
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Heat Content ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Additional Term ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Ocean Heat Content ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Wave Heights ◽  
Wave Induced

Abstract A parameterization of turbulent mixing from unbroken surface waves is included in a 16-yr simulation within a high-resolution ocean circulation model (MOM5). This “surface wave mixing” (SWM) derives from the wave orbital motion and is parameterized as an additional term in a k-epsilon model. We show that SWM leads to significant changes in sea surface temperatures but smaller changes in ocean heat content, and show the extent to which these changes can reduce pre-existing model biases with respect to observed data. Specifically, SWM leads to a widespread improvement in sea surface temperature in both hemispheres in summer and winter, while for ocean heat content the improvements are less clear. In addition, we show that introducing SWM can lead to an accumulation of wave-induced ocean heat content between years. While it has been well established that secular positive trends exist in global wave heights, we find that such trends are relatively unimportant in driving the accumulation of wave-induced ocean heat content. Rather, in response to the new source of mixing, the simulated ocean climate evolves toward a new equilibrium with greater total ocean heat content.

Measurement of Ocean Wave Heights with the Random-Signal Radar

1971 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Chadwick ◽  
George Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Random Signal ◽  
Ocean Wave ◽  
Wave Heights
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