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This paper proposes an improved method for estimating the baseline-to-platform speed ratio (BPSR) for improving the current line-of-sight (LOS) velocity measurement accuracy in coastal waters with along-track interferometric synthetic aperture radar (ATI-SAR) based on eigenvalue spectrum entropy (EVSE) analysis. The estimation of BPSR utilizes the spaceborne along-track interferometry and considers the effects of a satellite orbit and an inaccurate baseline responsible for azimuth ambiguity in coastal waters. Unlike the existing methods, which often assume idealized rather than actual operating environments, the proposed approach considers the accuracy of BPSR, which is its key advantage applicable to many, even poorly designed, ATI-SAR systems. This is achieved through an alternate algorithm for the suppression of azimuth ambiguity and BPSR estimation based on an improved analysis of the eigenvalue spectrum entropy, which is an important parameter representing the mixability of unambiguous and ambiguous signals. The improvements include the consideration of a measurement of the heterogeneity of the scene, the corrections of coherence-inferred phase fluctuation (CPF), and the interferogram-derived phase variability (IPV); the last two variables are closely related to the determination of the EVSE threshold. Besides, the BPSR estimation also represents an improvement that has not been achieved in previous work of EVSE analysis. When the improved method is used on the simulated ocean-surface current LOS velocity data obtained from a coastal area, the root-mean-square error is less than 0.05 m\/s. The other strengths of the proposed algorithm are adaptability, robustness, and a limited user input requirement. 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