Title: On the interpretation of fetch-limited wave spectra as measured by an airborne sea-swell recorder [by] T. P. Barnett [and] J. C. Wilkerson.
Abstract:A section of sea surface that had been subjected toa constant, offshore wind was profiled using an airborne radar wave profiler.The profiles extended from the coast out to a distance of 190 nautical m...A section of sea surface that had been subjected toa constant, offshore wind was profiled using an airborne radar wave profiler.The profiles extended from the coast out to a distance of 190 nautical miles.From this data estimates of the spectrum of encounter of the sea surface were obtained for a number of different fetch lengths.By solving a singular Fredholm integral equation of the first kind, it was possible to retrieve the true wave spectrum as a function of fetch length.Read More