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Werner Alpers

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Publications

107

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Active since

1969

Affiliations

Universität Hamburg(Current)

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Max Planck Society

Ocean University of China

Werner Alpers is an author at Universität Hamburg specializing in engineering, radar, and oceanography.

Top concepts

EngineeringRadarOceanographySynthetic Aperture RadarEarth ScienceGeophysicsRemote SensingRadar ImagingGeographyAtmospheric Science

Publications per year

1969–2021

107

Publications

107

On the detectability of ocean surface waves by real and synthetic aperture radar

Werner Alpers, D. B. Ross, Clifford L. Rufenach · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 652 citations

Engineering, Shallow Water Hydrodynamics, Oceanography +19

Theory of radar imaging of internal waves

Werner Alpers · Nature · 1985 · 508 citations

Radar, Engineering, Synthetic Aperture Radar +6

Theory of synthetic aperture radar ocean imaging: A MARSEN view

Klaus Hasselmann, R. K. Raney, William J. Plant et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 497 citations

Radar, Geophysics, Engineering +15

A theory of the imaging mechanism of underwater bottom topography by real and synthetic aperture radar

Werner Alpers, Ingo Hennings · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1984 · 391 citations · Full text

Ocean Dynamics, Engineering, Relaxation Time +26

The damping of ocean waves by surface films: A new look at an old problem

Werner Alpers, Heinrich Hühnerfuß · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 357 citations

Ocean Dynamics, Strong Wave Damping, Engineering +24

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