Design of an integrated shallow water wave experiment

Author

Young, I.R. ; Dalton, M.A. ; McMahon, P.J. ; Verhagen, L.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Civil Eng., New South Wales Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

Volume

22

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

184

Lastpage

188

Abstract

The experimental design and instrumentation for an integrated shallow-water surface gravity wave experiment is discussed. The experiment required the measurement of the water surface elevation, meteorological parameters, and directional spectra at a number of locations on a shallow lake. In addition, to acquire data under a wide range of conditions, an experimental period of three years was required. A system of telephone and radio modem links were installed to enable real-time monitoring of instrument performance at eight separate measurement locations on the lake. This system also enabled logging sessions to be optimized to ensure the maximum possible data return from this extended experiment

Keywords

array signal processing; data loggers; design of experiments; electromagnetic wave scattering; geophysical signal processing; gravity waves; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; lakes; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; telemetry; water waves; Zwarts pole transfer function; directional array; directional spectra; experimental design; instrumentation; integrated shallow water wave experiment; large field experiment; maximum likelihood method; maximum possible data return; meteorological parameters; optimized logging sessions; real-time monitoring; shallow lake; surface gravity wave; telemetry system; telephone and radio modem link system; transmission line; water surface elevation; wind-generated waves; Australia; Design for experiments; Gravity; Instruments; Lakes; Meteorology; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.557553

Filename

557553