Journal article
Measurement of wind waves by means of a buoy accelerometer wave gauge
AV Babanin, PP Verkeev, BB Krivinsky, VG Proshchenko
Physical Oceanography | Published : 1993
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198503
Abstract
An accelerometer buoy wave gauge developed in the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences is described. This allows measurement of acceleration and the sea surface elevation in the system of reference connected with a buoy. The integral and frequency spectral characteristics of waves can be computed from the records of the wave gauge signal. The use of a buoy accelerometer at sea provides a possibility to derive effective information on the wind waves. © 1993 VSP.