Ocean Wave Information Retrieval Using Simulated Compact Polarized SAR from Radarsat-2

Table 5

Comparison of ocean parameters derived from FP quad-pol and CP CTLR mode pseudo quad-pol data with NDBC buoy measurements.

Parameters	Mode	Zone	Retrieved value	Buoy	Error	Average error
Dominant wave height (m)	Fp	1	1.99	2.18	0.19	0.14
		2	2.35		0.17
		3	2.34		0.16
		4	2.14		0.04
	Cp	1	2.37		0.19	0.36
		2	2.69		0.51
		3	2.62		0.44
		4	2.38		0.20
Wave direction (°)	Fp	1	259.1	246	19.25	17.12
		2	264.57		19.38
		3	265.06		18.02
		4	263.73		15.19
	Cp	1	265.25		13.1	17.96
		2	265.38		18.57
		3	264.02		19.06
		4	261.19		17.73
Wave period (s)	Fp	1	14.41	14.29	0.12	0.61
		2	13.74		0.54
		3	12.72		1.56
		4	14.52		0.23
	Cp	1	14.01		0.27	0.88
		2	13.31		0.97
		3	12.58		1.70
		4	14.88		0.59