Collins, Clarence; Hathaway, Kent K; Birkemeier, William A; Forte, Michael F; Dickhudt, Patrick J; The FRF Data Team (2019): Linear Array of Pressure Gauges at 8 m Depth at USACE Field Research Facility 1987-1990 [dataset]. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902958, In: Collins, C et al. (2019): Nearshore Topographic and Bathymetric Surveys, Wave, and Wind Records from the USACE Field Research Facility in Duck NC from 1980 to 2018 [dataset publication series]. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902954
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Abstract:
By 1986, FRF scientists and technicians designed and built a novel wave sensor. A fixed, precisely-surveyed array of pressure gauges working in sync forming a wave antennae with a directional resolution well beyond that of buoys; details can be found in [1]. From 1986 - 1990, the array consisted of 10 elements parallel to the shore, referred to as the "linear array". The linear array resolved directional spectra but with 180 degree ambiguity. Although most of the wave energy propagates towards the coast, there is some fraction of reflected wave energy (not resolved).
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[1] Long, C. E. and Oltman-Shay, J. M. (1991)
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Long, Charles E; Oltman-Shay, Joan (1991): Directional characteristics of waves in shallow water. Technical Report, Coastal Engineeering Research Center, Vicksburg, MS, CERC-91-1
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Reiger, L A; Davis, Russ E (1977): Observations of the power and directional spectrum of ocean surface waves. Journal of Marine Research, 35, 433-451
Young, Ian R (1994): On the measurement of directional wave spectra. Applied Ocean Research, 16(5), 283-294, https://doi.org/10.1016/0141-1187(94)90017-5
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