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The Effect of Ship-borne X-band Radar Vertical Motion on Significant Wave Height Estimation

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The significant wave height (SWH) is one of the most important ocean wave information describing sea state. The high-precision SWH can be extracted using the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) method based on shore-based X-band radar. However, for ship-borne case, the error of the extracted SWH increases because of the motion of ship-borne radar. In this paper, the effect of ship-borne X-band radar vertical motion on SWH estimation is analyzed in detail. First, radar images of ocean wave are simulated based on linear wave theory. Then, the relationships between the illumination rate and the detection distance at different antenna heights are discussed. Finally, the effect of the vertical motion amplitude of the ship-born radar on the root square of SNR is investigated. Simulation results show that the vertical motion of the ship-borne radar is one of the main reasons for the increasement of SWH estimation error. Furthermore, the root square of SNR and the change rate of the vertical motion amplitude are negatively correlated. This work provides a significant theoretical foundation in future application for ocean remote sensing using ship-borne X-band radar.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages274-277
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538692981
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2019 - Harbin, China
Duration: 20 Jan 201922 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2019

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period20/01/1922/01/19

Keywords

  • Ship-borne X-band radar
  • Significant wave height
  • Vertical motion

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