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| Development of a Real-Time Water Quality Buoy for the Fraser River Estuary (PDF, 176 Kb) |
An innovative project has been initiated to monitor water quality of the Fraser River Estuary as a joint initiative between Environment Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Monitoring year-round, real-time, water quality and meteorological parameters in the Fraser River Estuary required a unique approach. |
| Harnessing the Power of Wave Energy Converters (PDF, 746 Kb) |
The ocean wave energy industry is faced with immense challenges. In particular, there are uncertainties and negative perceptions surrounding the performance and survivability of wave energy conversion technologies. Building on classic mathematical models of wave energy converters, advanced simulations now offer the opportunity to assess these traits in a low risk and technically relevant manner. |
| Implementation of a Positioning and Telemetry Buoy to Determine Chart Datum for Hydrographic Survey Applications (PDF, 362 Kb) |
Knowing exact sea depths along the shoreline is critical to the U.S. Navy and other maritime efforts, but traditional measurement methods aren't always feasible. A new positioning and telemetry buoy equipped with GPS monitors critical water-level measurements far from shore in real time. |
| TRIAXYSTM with Currents (PDF, 1.5 MB) |
A field trial was conducted during the summer months of 2004, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island comparing ADCP measurements from a buoy-based platform and two bottom based installations in about 45m depth. The buoy-based instrument was a Nortek 600KHz Aquadopp™
Acoustic Current Profiler (ACP) downward looking unit, integrated into the hull of a 1m diameter TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave Buoy.... |
| Measurement of Wind and Waves From a NOMAD Buoy in High Sea States (PDF, 69 Kb) |
In late October 1991 an intense extratropical storm developed in the Atlantic Ocean off the North American coast, and merged with the remnants of Hurricane "Grace". The combined storm, now known as the "Halloween Storm", raged for several days on the Atlantic coastal and offshore regions ... |
| The Storm Wave Studies - An investigation into the data recovered from 6m Moored NOMAD Buoy on Canada's East and West coasts (PDF, 392 Kb) |
The ability to forecast wave heights accurately during storm conditions is a prime objective for increasing marine and coastal safety. Accurate determination of wave properties during extreme weather ... |
| Advances in Buoy Technology For Wind/Wave Data Collection and Analysis (PDF, 180 Kb) |
On the night of October 11, 1984 a rapidly deepening low-pressure system (known to local meteorologists as a ‘bomb') moved out of the North Pacific and struck Vancouver Island. Seven vessels sank and five seamen drowned. The Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) was unable to detect ... |
| Biological Monitoring With the Western Canadian ODAS Marine Buoy Network (PDF, 199 Kb) |
Optical sensors are being added to some of the 17 meteorological ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System) buoys which provide weather and ocean data along and off the west coast of Canada for the Environment and the Fisheries departments of the Canadian federal government. The added sensors, installed on ... |
| Climatological Data From the Western Canadian ODAS Marine Buoy Network (PDF, 101 Kb) |
An array of 17 buoys along and off the west coast of Canada provides weather and ocean data for the Environment and the Fisheries departments of the Canadian federal government. The first buoys were installed ... |
| Maximum Entropy Estimation of Directional Spectra from an Array of Wave Probes. O. Nwogu. (PDF, 450 Kb) |
| Measurement of Six Degree of Freedom Model Motions Using Strapdown Acceleromters. M.D. Miles. (PDF, 462 Kb) |
| The GEDAP Software Package for Hydraulics Laboratory Data Analysis. M.D. Miles, E.R. Funke. (PDF, 820 Kb) |
| Wave Analysis & Generation in Laboratory Basins. M. Darras. (PDF, 1.6 Mb) |
| Analyzing Multidirectional Wave Spectra: A Tentative Classification of Available Methods. Michel Benoit, Peter Fridaard, Henning A. Schaffer. (PDF, 2.3 Mb) |
| Comparative Analyses of Multidirectional Wave Basin Data. P.J. Hawles, J.A. Ewing, C.M. Harford. (PDF, 2.2 Mb) |
| A Method for the Routine Analysis of Pitch and Roll Buoy Wave Data (PDF, 584 Kb) |
| A Comparison Study of Multidirectional Waves Generated in Laboratory Basins. M.D. Miles, M. Benoit, P. Frigaard. (PDF, 1.7 Mb) |
| Wave Analysis and Generation in Laboratory Basins. Estimation of Directional Wave Spectra by the Maximum Entropy Method. O.U. Nwogu, E.P.D. Mansard. (PDF, 880 Kb) |