Real-time wave height measurements using a cable type wave monitoring system in shallow waters

Author

Byoung-Nam Kim ; Bok Kyoung Choi ; Seong Hyeon Kim ; Dong Sun Kim

Author_Institution

Maritime Security Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Ocean Sci. & Technol., Ansan, South Korea

fYear

2015

fDate

2-6 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We developed a cable type wave monitoring system for real-time observation of wave height in the coastal zone, comprising nine pressure sensors and a total cable length of 500 m. The resulting wave height observations were discontinuous. Thus, we developed a new interpolation algorithm using shallowwater wave speed. The resulting temporal and spatial variation in wave height was very realistic, but the algorithm is applicable only between sensors spaced ≤ 100 m apart.

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; cable type wave monitoring system; coastal zone; interpolation algorithm; pressure sensors; real-time wave height measurements; shallow waters; shallow-water wave speed; wave height real-time observation; Monitoring; Oceans; Pressure measurement; Real-time systems; Sea measurements; Sensor systems; cable wave monitoring system; wave gauge; wave height; weight averaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement (CWTM), 2015 IEEE/OES Eleventh

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8418-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CWTM.2015.7098129

Filename

7098129