USE OF MARINE RADAR IN DETERMINING OCEAN WAVE CLIMATE 
Michael D. Henschel 
MacLaren Plansearch (1991) Limited 
Suite 200 - 5657 Spring Garden Road 
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3R4, Canada 
ISPRS Comission VII/Working Group 8 
ABSTRACT 
A marine radar wave imaging system, MACRADARTM has been under development at MacLaren 
Plansearch (1991) Limited. As part of the ongoing calibration and validation of MACRADARTM, as à 
unit has been collecting wave image data from the LASMO (Nova Scotia) Limited hydrocarbon platform 
Rowan Gorilla III for the past two years. This paper will present a comparison of long-term wave 
statistics from buoy and radar observations. A six parameter model (Ochi and Habble, 1976) of the one- 
dimensional spectrum will be used to present a family of wave spectra from both sources. The technique 
of wave observation by the marine radar continue to be the subject of research. This paper will address 
the long-term effectiveness of this technique. 
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