Comparison of Wave Spectra from Nautical Radar Images and Scalar Buoy Data
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 131, Issue 3
Abstract
This work compares the spectral analysis of ocean wave fields performed from nautical radar and waverider buoy measurements. The data were taken by a radar station located in the northern coast of Spain and by a buoy that was moored close to the area covered by the radar for its calibration. In this area the sea states are mainly dominated by the presence of northwest swells coming from storms originating in the North Atlantic Ocean. In this order, the radar calibration and the comparisons of different spectral parameters and scalar spectra from both sensors are presented.
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Acknowledgments
This work has been performed within the RADSEANET project (EUREKA-EUROMAR E1893) that was financed by the IC-PME/III/S program (contract no. L0085), in Portugal, and by the ATYCA program (contract no. R423/1998) of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, in Spain. The data were collected by Clima Marítimo, Puertos del Estado (Spain), as basis for the calibration of the system to be used in a field experiment under the project EuroROSE, which has been partially financed by the European Union through its MAST Programme under contract CT98-0168.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 131 • Issue 3 • May 2005
Pages: 123 - 131
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Received: Dec 17, 2003
Accepted: Dec 9, 2004
Published online: May 1, 2005
Published in print: May 2005
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