Relaxation-contour algorithm for estimating sea current vectors from satellite images and its synoptic verification
V.A. Bobkov, A.V. Kazansky, M.A. Morozov, and A.A. Shebenkova
Vladivostok
Pages: 61-67
Abstract
A hybrid algorithm for estimating sea surface current vectors from sequential satellite images is developed based on both the contour method and the relaxation labeling approach. Results obtained by the relaxation-contour algorithm show its advantage over contour-only estimates of current vectors. Using synoptic technique, these estimates are compared with those obtained by a manual procedure and also with the data of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), and reveal good agreement.
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