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Large-scale Video Imagery
Digital imagery (high-resolution (xxmb .avi file), low resolution (xxmb .mp4 file)) from an airborne camera system (AROSS) will be geo-rectifed using a unique processing algorithm to allow wave parameters such as wave period and direction to be determined. A data cube of information (two spatial dimension plus time) will be available for durations of approximately 1 hour over multiple coverage areas (see FIGURE 1) up to 3 x 3 km. These data can be used to characterize the transformation of deep-water waves through the surfzone over the complicated bathymetry. In addition, the images are can be used to extend the in-situ observations to the unsampled regions between sensor locations.

» HIGH Resolution (xxmb .avi file)
» LOW Resolution (xxmb .mp4 file)

 

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 1: The large green circles are deep water collections at 3 m pixel resolution and the smaller purple circles are the surf zone collections at 1 m resolution.

 

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