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Science 20 June 1980:
Vol. 208. no. 4450, pp. 1373 - 1375
DOI: 10.1126/science.208.4450.1373
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar: Monitoring of Ocean Waves

ROBERT C. BEAL 1

1 Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Univtersity, Lautrel, Marvland 20810

A well-organized, very low energy ocean swell system off the East Coast of the United States was tracked with the Seasat synthetic aperture radar from deep water, across the continental shelf, and into shallow, water. The results indicate that spaceborne imaging radar may be used to accurately measure ocean wavelength and direction, even in coastal areas and in the presence of a mixed ocean.

Submitted on October 1, 1979
Revised on January 11, 1980

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