Surface Waves

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Surface Waves

Surface Waves provides oceanic wave data and wave products using satellite remote sensing. The key aims of Surface Waves is to calibrate and distribute surface ocean wave data from both current and next-generation satellite missions, supporting ongoing and emerging research and industry and service operations in Australia. The efficiency of and high-quality data produced by Surface Waves is gained from being interconnected with other IMOS facilities including, Wave Buoys, Southern Ocean Time Series Observatory, Satellite Altimetry Calibration and Validations and OceanCurrent.

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References

Ribal, A., Young, I.R. 33 years of globally calibrated wave height and wind speed data based on altimeter observations. Sci Data 6, 77 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0083-9

Ribal, A., & Young, I. R. (2020). Calibration and Cross Validation of Global Ocean Wind Speed Based on Scatterometer Observations, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37(2), 279-297 https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0119.1

Khan, S., Young, I., Ribal, A. et al. High-resolution calibrated and validated Synthetic Aperture Radar Ocean surface wind data around Australia. Sci Data 10, 163 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02046-w

Khan, S., Hemer, M., Echevarria, E. & King, E. (2024) Australian Ocean surface waves dataset from SAR. Geoscience Data Journal, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.238

Essential Ocean Variables / Essential Climate Variables

This sub-Facility contributes to 2 Essential Ocean Variables and 3 Essential Climate Variables.

EOVs: Ocean surface stress, Sea state

ECVs: Ocean surface stress, Sea state, Surface wind speed and direction

Contact

Salman Saeed Khan
E: Salmansaeed.Khan(at)csiro.au

Operating institution

CSIRO 

Co-investors

University of Melbourne

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Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.