Measurements of nearshore ocean-surface kinematics through coherent arrays of free-drifting buoys

Rainville, Edwin; Thomson, Jim; Moulton, Melissa; Derakhti, Morteza

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5135-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5135-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5135-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 11

Data description paper

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27 Nov 2023

Data description paper |

| 27 Nov 2023

Measurements of nearshore ocean-surface kinematics through coherent arrays of free-drifting buoys

Edwin Rainville, Jim Thomson, Melissa Moulton, and Morteza Derakhti

Data sets

Measurements of Nearshore Waves through Coherent Arrays of Free-Drifting Wave Buoys (UW_drifters) Edwin Rainville, Jim Thomson, Melissa Moulton, and Morteza Derakhti https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbgk0

Model code and software

DUNEXMainExp (v1.0) E. Rainville https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10198469

Short summary

Measuring ocean waves nearshore is essential for understanding how the waves impact our coastlines. We designed and deployed many small wave buoys in the nearshore ocean over 27 d in Duck, North Carolina, USA, in 2021. The wave buoys measure their motion as they drift. In this paper, we describe multiple levels of data processing. We explain how this dataset can be used in future studies to investigate nearshore wave kinematics, transport of buoyant particles, and wave-breaking processes.