Observing ocean surface waves with GPS-tracked buoys

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 944-959

  Herbers, T H C ^a   Jessen, P F ^a   Janssen, T T ^b   Colbert, D B ^a   MacMahan, J H ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy observations; Global positioning systems (GPS); In situ atmospheric observations; Sea state

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; ABSOLUTE POSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; CALIFORNIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD TEST; GPS POSITION RECEIVERS; GPS RECEIVERS; GPS-TRACKED DRIFTER; HORIZONTAL WAVES; INTERCOMPARISONS; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; OCEAN WAVE MEASUREMENT; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; SENSOR PACKAGES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SWELL CONDITIONS; TILT SENSOR; WAVE FREQUENCIES; WAVERIDER;

ACCELEROMETERS; BUOYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSORS; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; TRACKING (POSITION); WATER WAVES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUOY SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIFTER; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WAVE; SWELL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868261976     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00128.1     Document Type: Article

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