Some recent developments in wave buoy measurement technology

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 309-329

  Krogstad, Harald E ^a   Barstow, Stephen F ^b   Aasen, Svein Erik ^b   Rodriguez, Ignacio ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b OCEANOR ASA   (Norway)

^c Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

GPS; Motion Reference Unit; Seawatch; Smart 800; Wave buoys; Wave direction

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

MOTION REFERENCE UNIT; WAVE BUOYS; WAVE DIRECTION;

WATER WAVES;

BUOY SYSTEM; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSOR; SURFACE WAVE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 0033431060     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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