A study on the procedure for numerical statistics about wave height derived from radar altimeter on Satellite

Abstract

This paper is concerned with procedures of making global wave information database derived from the observation from Radar Altimeter on satellites. Fundamental specification of ERS-2 satellite and characteristics of this product called ‘ALT.WAP’ are investigated. The procedure making wave statistical database which is convenient to the fields of naval architecture and marine engineering is proposed, and characteristics of this database are examined by comparing from other database derived from GEOSAT satellite and buoys. By using these wave data, application for long-term statistical prediction of the ship responses for a container ship is executed.