A Remote Measurement System for Monitoring Wave and Currents at an Offshore Dredge Disposal Site
Abstract
The U.S. Army Engineer Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) designed, installed, and currently operates an ocean measurement system as a subtask to a work unit of the Dredging Research Program. The objective of the gaging effort at the Sand Island Berm Monitoring study at Mobile, Alabama was to monitor waves and currents on shallow water dredged material disposal mound. The purpose was to correlate movement of the mound feature, as observed through periodic surveys, with the measured hydrodynamic conditions that drive the sediment transport processes. The measurement plan was to obtain a continuous record of directional, spectral wave energy and near bottom current velocity at a site near the peak of the mound's profile.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA587165
Entities
Organizations
- Coastal Engineering Research Center