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Directional spectrum of ocean waves from array measurements using phase/time/path difference methods

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Title Directional spectrum of ocean waves from array measurements using phase/time/path difference methods
 
Creator Fernandes, A.A.
Sarma, Y.V.B.
Menon, H.B.
 
Subject wave direction
directional spectra
phase velocity
wave velocity
surf beats
tide gauges
 
Description Wave direction has for the first time been consistently, accurately and unambiguously evaluated from array measurements using the phase/time/path difference (PTPD) methods of Esteva in case of polygonal arrays and Borgman in case of linear arrays. Time series measurements of water surface elevation at a 15-guage polygonal array, in congruent to 8 m water depth, operational at the CERC's Field Research Facility at Duck, North Carolina, USA have been used. Two modifications have been made in the methodology. One modification is that the true phase is used instead of the apparent phase, the other modification being that estimates of wave direction are registered only if the relevant gauges in the array coherent at 0.01 significance level. PTPD methods assume that in a spectral frequency band the waves approach from a single direction, and are simple, expedient and provide redundant estimates of wave direction. Using Esteva's method with the above modifications, it was found that at Duck: (1) the directions of swell and surf beat, when energetic swell is present, conform to the schematic diagram of surf beat generation given by Herbers et al., (2) surf beat of remote origin occurs when the significant wave height, H sub(mo), falls below 0.41 m, (3) the surf beat of remote origin is not normally incident at the shore contrary to Herbers et al. In fact the surf beat of remote origin is incident at angles in excess of 45 degrees with respect to the shore normal, and (4) the surf beat of remote origin is largely trans-oceanic in origin
 
Date 2009-01-09T09:19:51Z
2009-01-09T09:19:51Z
2000
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ocean Engineering, Vol.27; 345-363p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1712
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Pergamon