Marine hydrology

Application of significant wave height measurement using GNSS-R signals

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  • 1. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China; 2. Meteorological Observation Center of China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China; 3. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, China; 4. Maoming Meteorological Bureau, Maoming 525000, China

Received date: 2011-07-15

  Revised date: 2012-03-29

  Online published: 2013-02-06

Abstract

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reflection signals could be used for sea-state sounding, for instance, the significant wave height. This paper introduced the observation equipment and the technical principle about the significant wave height sounding by GNSS reflected signals. By analyzing the data from Bohe experiment during 2009, we confirmed that the significant wave height was related to the significant coherence time of the interferometric complex field. An inversion formula was obtained by fitting the prophase data, and the results were compared with the data from Wave Monitoring System. The average deviation is 0.136 m with the relative standard deviations of 12.02%, and the root-mean-square error is 0.169 m.

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YIN Cong, CAO Yun-chang, ZHU Bin, LI Ming-li, WU Hong-jia, L? Wei-hua, ZHAN Guo-wei . Application of significant wave height measurement using GNSS-R signals[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2012 , 31(6) : 36 -40 . DOI: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2012.06.006

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