The invention belongs to the technical field of
microwave radar image processing, and relates to a
wind wave significant wave height inversion method based on a
wind wave period, which comprises the following steps: firstly, establishing a
significant wave height calculation model taking the
wind wave period as input; then, acquiring a sea surface
microwave remote sensing image, and performing coordinate transformation, such as preprocessing of a
shore-based sea observation
radar image, a shipborne navigation
radar image,
noise suppression and the like; thirdly, inverting a wind
wave period from the preprocessed image through a
spectrum analysis technology; and finally, substituting the wind
wave period obtained by inversion into a pre-established model, and calculating to obtain the
significant wave height. According to the method, the wind
wave period is introduced to serve as a key
intermediate variable, the image features and the sea wave physical parameters are closely associated, the defect that an existing direct inversion method is insufficient in precision and stability is overcome, and an effective
wave height obtaining means which is clear in physical significance, high in inversion precision and easy to popularize in a business mode is provided.