RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, VOL. 18, ES5005, doi:10.2205/2018ES000638, 2018

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• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Two Models – One Principle for Satellite Altimetry
  • 2.1 Gradients of Sea Surface Height for Monitoring Geostrophic Currents
  • 2.2 Gradients of Sea Wave Height for Wave Studies
  • 2.3 Physical Constraints for Altimetry Measurements of Sea State
• 3 Two Approaches for Wave Studies in Altimetry Data
  • 3.1 Satellite/Buoy Match-ups. Validity Test for the Pair $(H_s,\nabla H_s)$
  • 3.2 Satellite Crossovers. Full-gradient and Single-track Estimates of Wave Steepness and Periods
  • 3.3 Gradient Measurements for Studies of Wave Dynamics
  • 3.4 Global Distributions of Wave Steepness: A Snapshot
• 4 Discussions
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References

• Figure 1. Left – setup of measurements of large-scale currents by...
• Figure 2. Scatter diagrams for altimeter (Envisat, 2011) and in situ NDBC...
• Figure 3. Measurements of Jason-1 and Envisat for the year 2011, totally...
• Figure 4. PDFs for a) – normalized radar cross-section $\sigma_0$;...
• Figure 5. Global distribution of wave steepness derived from Envisat data...
• Figure 6. Probability density functions (PDF) for wave steepness estimates...

 
Citation: Badulin S., V. Grigorieva, A. Gavrikov, V. Geogjaev, M. Krinitskiy, M. Markina (2018), Wave steepness from satellite altimetry for wave dynamics and climate studies, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 18, ES5005, doi:10.2205/2018ES000638.
 

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