Abstract: In 1983 the project ?Travaux d'Océanographie Spatiale: Capteurs Actifs dans l'Atlantique Nord-Est? (TOSCANE) was initiated in view of calibration, validation, and use of satelliteborne scatterometer and altimeter measurements ...

Abstract: Altimeter significant wave height (SWH) measurement data from six satellite missions covering 14 yr were analyzed over the Mediterranean Sea. First, data correction and screening were performed using the same method for ...

Abstract: New parameterizations for the spectral dissipation of wind-generated waves are proposed. The rates of dissipation have no predetermined spectral shapes and are functions of the wave spectrum and wind speed and direction, ...