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An accelerometer buoy wave gauge developed in the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences is described. This allows measurement of acceleration and the sea surface elevation in the system of reference connected with a buoy. The integral and frequency spectral characteristics of waves can be computed from the records of the wave gauge signal. The use of a buoy accelerometer at sea provides a possibility to derive effective information on the wind waves.
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Babanin, A.V., Verkeev, P.P., Krivinsky, B.B. et al. Measurement of wind waves by means of a buoy accelerometer wave gauge. Phys. Oceanogr. 4, 399–407 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198503
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198503