Index and Bulk Parameters for Frequency-Direction Spectra Measured at CERC Field Research Facility, September 1993 to May 1994.

Abstract

This report indexes parameters of and describes a means of access to 1.975 wind wave frequency-direction spectral observations obtained at the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Field Research Facility from September 1993 to May 1994. An iterative maximum likelihood algorithm is used to estimate directional spectra using signals from a spatial array of 16 bottom-mounted pressure sensors in about 8 m of water, approximately 900 m offshore. Parameters include characteristic wave height, spectral peak frequency and corresponding peak period, peak wave direction, directional spread, and reflection coefficient. Time series graphs of these parameters, as well as local winds and currents, illustrate the salient climatology. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA298489

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  • Charles E. Long
  • Judy H. Roughton

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  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

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