Advances in buoy technology for wind/wave data collection and analysis

Author

Skey, S.G.P. ; Miles, M.D.

Author_Institution

Axys Environ. Syst., Sidney, BC, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

113

Abstract

Considerable advances have been made recently to reduce the cost of gathering meteorological and oceanographic data from coastal waters, especially for meteorological and oceanographic parameters such as wind speed and wave height. These advances have not compromised the technical quality of the data and have opened up the ability for coastal engineers and marine scientists to rely more on measured data for model input and development of engineering design criteria. With the innovative products being developed by Axys Environmental Systems (AXYS) collecting essential marine-related data is now easy and economically feasible

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; marine systems; meteorological instruments; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; wind; AXYS; Axys Environmental Systems; apparatus; atmosphere; buoy technology; coast; coastal; data collection platform; equipment; measurement technique; meteorology; ocean; ocean wave; wave height; wind; Costs; Data analysis; Data communication; Data engineering; Design engineering; Lakes; Marine technology; Meteorology; Satellites; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5628-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1999.799716

Filename

799716