Wave observations from an array of directional buoys over the southern Brazilian coast |
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| Authors: | Henrique Patricio Prado Pereira Nelson Violante-Carvalho Izabel Christina Martins Nogueira Alexander Babanin Qingxiang Liu Uggo Ferreira de Pinho Fabio Nascimento Carlos Eduardo Parente |
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| Institution: | 1.Ocean Engineering Program,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil;2.Department of Infrastructure Engineering,University of Melbourne,Melbourne,Australia |
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| Abstract: | It is well known that the majority of buoy measurements are located around the US coast and along some Europeans countries. The lack of long-term and densely spaced in situ measurements in the Southern Hemisphere in general, and the South Atlantic in particular, hinders several investigations due to the lack of detailed metocean information. Here, we present an effort to overcome this limitation, with a dense network of buoys along the Brazilian coast, equipped with several meteorological and oceanographic sensors. Out of ten currently operational buoys, three are employed to present the main characteristics of waves in the Southern part of the network. For the first time, sensor characteristics and settings are described, as well as the methods applied to the raw wave data. Statistics and distributions of wave parameters, swell propagating events, comparison with a numerical model and altimeters and a discussion about the occurrence of freak waves are presented. |
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