Title :
Wave measurements in Upper Galveston Bay, TX (USA)
Author :
Corson, W.D. ; Rhee, J.P. ; Welp, T.E. ; McKinney, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Prototype Meas. & Anal. Branch, US Army Corps, Vicksburg, MS., USA
Abstract :
In support of erosion protection efforts for an aquatic confined dredged material placement area, analyses of pressure time series recorded in Upper Galveston Bay near the Houston Ship Channel provide data on (a) wind-waves, (b) ship-wakes, (c) ship draw-down, and (d) mean water-level. Time series are 2048 seconds long and sampled at 2 hertz. Approximately 34-minute records are taken every 40 minutes. The nearly continuous recording was selected to record waves from as many passing ships as possible, provide data on wind-waves and mean water-level, and allow for deployment of the internal recording gage for nearly 3 weeks
Keywords :
erosion; ocean waves; oceanographic regions; ships; time series; wakes; Houston Ship Channel; Texas; USA; Upper Galveston Bay; aquatic confined dredged material placement area; continuous recording; erosion protection efforts; internal recording gauge deployment; mean water level; passing ships; pressure time series; ship draw-down; ship wakes; time series; wave measurements; wind waves; Data engineering; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Marine vehicles; Performance analysis; Protection; Sampling methods; Tides; Time domain analysis; Time series analysis;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Halifax, NS
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4108-2
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624145
