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Safety of shipping is a growing concern. The causes of shipping casualties are various, while over 30% of the casualties are due to bad weather. Heavy sea state and severe weather conditions have caused the loss of more than 200 large cargo vessels within 20 years between 1981 and 2000.
During the Antarctic summer season 2008/2009 the wave radar system WaMoS II was installed onboard of the German research vessel “Polarstern.” The purpose was to collect quasi-in situ data for the comparison with satellite-borne SAR and altimeter instruments (Envisat, TerraSAR-X, Jason). The experiment was part of the German research project DeMarine-Security. On 7 March 2009 in the central South Atlantic...
Safety of shipping is a growing concern. The causes of shipping casualties are various, while over 30% of the casualties are due to bad weather. Heavy sea state and severe weather conditions have caused the loss of more than 200 large cargo vessels within 20 years between 1981 and 2000. Remote sensing techniques, particularly the active microwave radar provides global sea surface observations for...
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