The measurement of wind speed in high seas by meteorological buoys

Author

Skey, S.G.P. ; Heidorn, K.C. ; Jarvin, S. ; Swail, V.R.

Author_Institution

Axys Environ. Consulting Ltd., Sidney, BC, Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Oct 1993

Abstract

Concern has been raised, based on the experiences of the Halloween Storm of 1991, that the wind speeds reported from offshore buoys in high sea states are undervalued. For wave models to accurately reproduce the measured wave heights in storm events it is essential to have an accurate input wind field. A number of factors may affect wind measurement on buoys, but little is known of the magnitude of these effects during high wind and wave conditions. As a result a field program is being undertaken off the west coast of Canada on a 6 m NOMAD Environment Canada Data Buoy. An additional payload package (SWS-1) to measure a variety of parameters at a sampling interval of 2 Hertz has been installed, for monitoring conditions in sea states exceeding 8 m

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; meteorological instruments; meteorology; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; AD 1991 10; Halloween Storm; NOMAD Environment Canada Data Buoy; North Pacific; SWS-1; air sea interaction; boundary layer; high seas; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological buoy; ocean wave sea state; payload package; storm; wind speed; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric waves; Fluid flow measurement; Meteorology; Milling machines; Sea measurements; Storms; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '93. Engineering in Harmony with Ocean. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1385-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1993.326074

Filename

326074