WAVE CREST MEASUREMENTS IN NORTH SEA (WACSIS/1997-1998)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Ifremer, ERT, HO, Metocean |
| Country | France  |
| Time period | Décembre 1997 --> Mai 1998 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Mer du Nord (à 10Km de la côte néerlandaise : N52° 16'et E 4° 17') |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Sea level; Wave height and period statistics; Wave height estimates; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) |
| Instruments | Wave recorders; radar altimeters; laser altimeters; current meters; meteorological packages |
| Description | |
| Summary | Recording of time series of wave height, meteorological and current measurements in North Sea (déc.1997-May 1998) for intercomparison of wave crest sensors (WACSIS program). |
| Originators | Ifremer, ERT, HO, Metocean |
| References | R.F. van Unen, A.A. vand Beuzekom, G.Z. Forristall, J.-P. Mathisen and J. Starke (1998) WACSIS - wave crest sensor intercomparison study at the Meetpost Noordwijk measurement platform., IEEE, Oceans 98, Nice (1998), 1998; Forristall, G.Z., Barstow, S.F., Krogstad, H.E., Prevosto, M., Taylor, P.H., Tro (2002) WAve Crest Sensor Intercomparison Study: an Overview of WACSIS, Proc. OMAE Conf., no. OMAE2002-28438, 2002 |
| Data web site | http://www.ifremer.fr/metocean/index.htm |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Ifremer, ERT, HO, Metocean |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | PREVOSTO Marc |
| Address | Ifremer, ERT, HO, Metocean |
| Telephone | 33 (0)2 98 22 41 39 |
| Facsimile | +33(0)2 98 22 46 50 |
| marc.prevosto@ifremer.fr | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
| Local identifier | DITWAC |
| Global identifier | 4712 |
| Last revised | 2011-01-24 |
