Two sources of H113 estimates were available at Platform Harvest; a NOAA buoy and CU depth sensor highrate data. H113 estimates from the NOAA buoy were based on twenty minutes of data every hour, CU pressure measurements were taken every 1.1 seconds. For purposes of this paper, H113 estimates from the (7U depth sensor were based on one hour of data, This paper compares H113 measurements from TO...

Deepwater offloading buoys are being used in West Africa to allow efficient loading of spread-moored FPSOs. These buoys have a relatively small displacement when compared to other floating systems, with the majority of the displacement being used to support the mooring system and the oil offloading lines. This results in a floating system that has a very active response to the environment, coup...

 Abstract— A Geophysical Model Function (GMF), denoted XMOD2, is developed to retrieve sea surface wind field from Xband TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X (TS-X/TD-X) data. In contrast to the previously developed XMOD1, XMOD2 consists of a nonlinear GMF, and thus, it depicts the difference between upwind and downwind of the sea surface backscatter in X-band SAR imagery. By exploiting 371 collocations with i...

The northern Gulf of Mexico is a region that has been frequently impacted in recent years by natural disasters such as hurricanes. The use of remote sensing data such as winds from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite sensor would be useful for emergency preparedness during such events. In this study, the performance of QuikSCAT products, including JPL's latest Level 2B (L2B) 12.5 km swath winds, were eva...

Oscillating type devices constitute a major class of offshore wave energy converters. In view of the characteristic of the wave energy in China that is low in energy density, a new heaving buoy wave energy device is designed. The paper introduces the basic components of the device, including buoys, support platform, submerged platform, anchor system and hydraulic power take-off, addresses the s...

This contribution describes the procedure used during the Prestige oil-spillage event, by means of an Operational Oceanography System, and the behaviour of the present prediction tools (hydrodynamic and dispersion models) applied to it. The accuracy of these tools is estimated by a reanalysis of field data transmitted by a sea surface drifting buoy, released at the time of the oil spill. The nu...

the crisis of the religios legitimacy of safavids close to the end of this dynasty’s governance triggered many uprisings and rebellions in different parts of their ruling domain. sheikh baha_al_din estiri was the leader of one of the most important uprisings in khorasan. the sheikh, who has been frustrated with the safavid court and government’s indifference regarding the ozbacks’ attacks made ...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract The new scatterometer Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) onboard MetOp-A satellite provides surface wind speed and direction over global ocean with a spatial resolution of 25 km square over two swaths of 550...