Jean Rabault

Feasibility Study of an Ultra-Low-Cost 3D-Printed Wave Buoy for Water Wave Measurement

Abstract This paper presents a feasibility study of an ultra-low-cost wave buoy for measuring water waves, built from a 3D-printed hull and an off-the-shelf data logger with an integrated MEMS inertial measurement unit. The buoy records continuously and carries no telemetry, whic...

Measuring Ocean Surface Waves

Abstract Propagating waves on the ocean surface can be represented as a stochastic process whose statistics are characterized by a spectrum. This paper reviews methods for measuring the wave spectrum and related quantities. Observations begin by sensing fluid dynamical properties...