Open AccessLABORATORY PHOTOGRAMMETRIC WAVE HEIGHT MEASUREMENT
Author(s) -
J.D. Pos,
F.A. Kilner
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.44
Subject(s) - photogrammetry , monochromatic color , structural basin , measure (data warehouse) , contour line , geology , geodesy , remote sensing , computer science , optics , meteorology , geography , physics , data mining , geomorphology
The paper describes the experimental procedure used to produce a computor contour plot of the wave height distributions and wave directions in a model basin, using photogrammetric techniques. Only monochromatic waves are analysed. A technique is outlined to simulate and measure waves entering a basin of infinite extent, in other words to photograph the penetration of a wave train into a harbour basin before the pattern has been contaminated by reflections. Proof is offered that this infinite basin technique is a valid representation of the steady state situation of a continuous wave train entering an infinite basin.