Directional Waverider MkIII
The Directional Waverider DWR-MkIII: Three years of continuous operation.
The Directional Waverider hardly needs any introduction: it is the world’s standard for measuring wave height and wave direction. Its success is due to the proprietary well-proven and accurate Datawell stabilized platform sensor, enabling wave height measurements by a single accelerometer. For the wave direction, direct pitch and roll measurements are performed needing no integration. In combination with horizontal accelerometers and a compass this forms the complete sensor unit, the heart of the instrument.
- Sensor
wave motion sensor based on a stabilised platform, accelerometers, and magnetic compass.
- Measures
– wave height for wave periods of 1.6 to 30 seconds, accuracy 0.5 % of measured value
– wave direction
– water temperature
- Additional features
– GPS for buoy monitoring and tracking through HF link
– internal logger
– power switch
– LED flash antenna
– Intelligent Test Box (only available for 90 cm buoys)
– 0.9 m (0.7 m) diameter spherical hull of AISI 316
– optional Cunifer hull, warranted not to corrode
– 3.5 years (1.2 year) battery life
Specifications
Options
Downloads
Resolution and Accuracy
Sensor and Processing
Standard Features
General
Optional Features
Compact Air Temperature (CAT4)
The CAT4 is a meteorological air temperature sensor integrated in the HF-antenna of the Directional Waverider. It consists of four individual sensors that have different radiative properties and will therefore measure different temperatures. The actual air temperature is derived from these different temperatures. External influences that might affect the measurements, such as evaporative cooling, are detected for validation.
Software Waves5
Waves5 is Datawell’s newest Microsoft Windows based software package for data acquisition, processing, and display of wave data by Datawell Waveriders – directional and non-directional.
Measuring oceanographic parameters does not solely involve gathering data and logging it. To get a complete view of the governing conditions at sea, it is desirable to post-process and present the data as well. The oceanographic parameters measured with a Waverider are made available to the user by data transfer like the HF-transmitter, GSM- and satellite links and data processing, storing and presentation software. The latter is taken care of by Waves5, the Microsoft Windows based software package developed by Datawell.
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