Appendix 1: System Parameters - RADAC WaveGuide 5 Direction User Manual

Appendix 1: System parameters

Available parameters
In the web user interface a selection of the raw and processed parameters is by default made
available to the user. Tables 1 to 10, describe all the parameters measured and calculated
by the WaveGuide Direction.
Name Description
heave Instantaneous water level (10 Hz)
slopeX Instantaneous water slope in x-direction (1.28 Hz)
slopeY Instantaneous water slope in y-direction (1.28 Hz)
heaveAVG Instantaneous water lever averaged over all three radars (1.28 Hz)
Name Description
Czz5 5 mHz energy density spectrum
Czz10 10 mHz energy density spectrum
WTBH Table of wave heights
WTBT Table of wave periods
Name Description
Hm0 Significant wave height from M0
M0 Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[30-500] mHz
M0_M Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[30-1000] mHz
Hm0_M Significant wave height from M0_M
Tm02 Average period from M0 and M2 in the range f=[30-500] mHz
Tm02_M Average period from M0 and M2 in the range f =[30-1000] mHz
TE0 Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[500-1000] mHz
TE1 Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[200-500] mHz
TE1_M Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[200-1000] mHz
TE2 Band energy from Czz10(f) in the range f =[100-200] mHz
HTE3 Wave height from TE3 (Band energy from Czz10(f) where f =[30-100] mHz)
Fp Frequency f where Czz10(f) has its maximum in the range f =[30-500] mHz
Fp_M Frequency f where Czz10(f) has its maximum in the range f =[30-1000] mHz
AV10_H Number of degrees of freedom in the energy density spectrum (4 * Ndlr_H)
HS7 Wave height from band energy from Czz5(f) in the range f =[30-142.5] mHz
Tm0_1 Minus first moment period from M-1 and M0 in the range f =[30-500] mHz
Tm0_1_M Minus first moment period from M-1 and M0 in the range f =[30-1000] mHz
Table 3: Parameters of spectral processing (over a 20 [min] data block)
Table 1: Raw data
Table 2: Spectra and wave tables
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