Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00514
Ocean wave period retrieval from nadir altimeters: validation and climatology.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Srokosz, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor P Challenor, University of Exeter, Mathematics and Statistics
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- This small research grant proposal aims to (a) develop new empirical models for the retrieval of peak, mean and zero-upcrossing wave period from satellite altimeter data, (b) validate these models using independent collocated altimeter/buoy data, (c) compute global monthly climatologies of altimeter wave period and compare those with existing wave model based climatologies, and (d) disseminate these results in the refereed literature. We will exploit existing datasets of satellite altimeter measurements collocated with in situ wave period and wave spectra measurements by buoys in the open ocean, produced at SOC under ESA and INTAS funding. These data indicate a clear dependence of nadir altimeter signals on ocean wave period.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00514
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £31,921
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £776 | £20,625 | £1,034 | £9,488 |
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