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  • Hybrid approach to estimating nearshore bathymetry using remote sensing

    Creator:
    Catalán Mondaca, Patricio A.
    Abstract:
    The characterization of bathymetry and its time evolution is very important for both oceanographic science applications, and for societal reasons relating to coastal engineering and development. Historically, the process of depth surveying has been costly and labor-intensive. This is especially true in nearshore regions, hence a method that is both...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Microwave scattering from surf zone waves

    Creator:
    Catalán Mondaca, Patricio A.
    Abstract:
    Wave breaking in the surf zone is an important forcing mechanism on the generation of nearshore currents and in the driving of sediment transport. At the same time, wave breaking can have significant spatial and temporal variability that needs to be accounted for in the description of nearshore processes. Remote...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patricio A. Catalán Mondaca

  • Microwave backscattering from surf zone waves

    Creator:
    Catalán, Patricio A., Haller, Merrick C., and Plant, William J.
    Abstract:
    The microwave backscatter properties of surf zone waves are analyzed using field observations. By utilizing a preexisting, independent, water surface discrimination technique, the microwave returns were extracted along individual waveforms and the data from shoaling (steepening) waves, surf zone breaking waves, and remnant foam were separated and quantified. In addition,...
    Resource Type:
    Article
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    backscattering from surf zone waves Catalán, P. A., M. C. Haller, and W. J. Plant. (2014). Microwave

  • Optical and Microwave Detection of Wave Breaking in the Surf Zone

    Creator:
    Catalán, Patricio A., Haller, Merrick C., Holman, Robert A., and Plant, William J.
    Abstract:
    Synchronous and colocated optical and microwave signals from waves in the surf zone are presented and analyzed. The field data were collected using a high-resolution video system and a calibrated horizontally polarized marine radar during the decaying phase of a storm. The resulting changes in the received signals from varying...
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    Article
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    Patricio A. Catalán, Merrick C. Haller, Robert A. Holman, and William J. Plant, Member, IEEE Abstract