A comparison of methods for determining significant wave heights-applied to a 3-m discus buoy during Hurricane Katrina

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1012-1028

  Bender, III ^a   Guinasso, Jr ^a   Walpert, J N ^a   Howden, S D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy observations; Hurricanes; Instrumentation sensors; Oceanic; Waves

Indexed keywords

BUOY OBSERVATIONS; COMPARISON OF METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GPS ANTENNA; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE KATRINA; MISSISSIPPI; OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OCEANIC WAVES; ORIENTATION DATA; RELATIVE ACCELERATION; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; THREE AXES; THREE-AXIS MAGNETOMETER; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS; WAVE HEIGHTS;

ACCELEROMETERS; ANTENNAS; BUOYS; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TOOLS; WATER WAVES;

ACCELERATION;

ACCELEROMETER; BUOY SYSTEM; EOS; GPS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MAGNETOMETER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955522135     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO724.1     Document Type: Article

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