A NEW STRATEGIC WAVE MEASUREMENT STATION OFF NAPLES PORT MAIN BREAKWATER

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

Francesco De Leo¹  Diego Vicinanza¹  Pasquale Contestabile⁴  Leopoldo Franco⁴  Luca Centurioni⁵  Lance Braasch⁵  Raffaella Casotti⁷  Enrico Di Lauro⁷ 

[1] , Department of Civil Engineering, Design, Building and Environment (DICDEA), Aversa - Italy;Department of Civil Engineering, Università di Roma Tre, via V.Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy;Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica e Ambientale, University of Genova, Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genova, Italy;Luigi Vanvitelli"Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, University California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA;Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Villa Comunale, Naples I80121, Italy;Università degli Studi della Campania "

关键词: GPS drifting buoy (SVP);    Directional Wave Spectra;    Drifter (DWSD);    Global Drifter Program (GDP);    Moored directional spectra wave buoy;    Acoustic Doppler Current Profile (ADCP);    Directional Waverider (DWR);    surface gravity waves;    Wave Energy Converter (WEC);   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v35.waves.36

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

The accuracy of directional wave spectra sensors is crucial for obtaining accurate forecasts of ocean and coastal wave conditions for scientific and engineering applications. In this paper, a newly designed, low-cost GPS-based wave buoy, called the Directional Wave Spectra Drifter (DWSD), is presented. A field test campaign was conducted at the Gulf of Naples, Italy with the goal of comparing the directional wave properties obtained with the DWSD and with a nearly co-located bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) from Teledyne RD-Instruments. The comparison shows a very good agreement between the two methodologies. The reliability of this innovative instrument and its low costs allow a large variety of applications, including the implementation of a global, satellite-linked, real-time open-ocean network of drifting directional wave spectra sensors and monitoring the sea-state in harbors to aid ship transit and for planning coastal and offshore constructions. The DWSD is currently in use to better constrain the wave energy climatology with the goal of optimizing the design of a full-scale prototype Wave Energy Converter (WEC) in the port of Naples, Italy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY