Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry

Correct wave data is a very important input to predict the performances of the marine vehicles and structures at preliminary design stages particularly regarding safety, effectiveness and comfort of passengers and crews. Presently, available wave data in Malaysian seas are based on visual observatio...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Zainudin, Norazimar
التنسيق: أطروحة
منشور في: 2006
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spelling my-utm-ep.68852011-12-01T06:06:32Z Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry 2006 Zainudin, Norazimar TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Correct wave data is a very important input to predict the performances of the marine vehicles and structures at preliminary design stages particularly regarding safety, effectiveness and comfort of passengers and crews. Presently, available wave data in Malaysian seas are based on visual observations from ships, oil platforms and limited wave buoys whose accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness are often questioned. This study presents an effort to derive a more reliable and comprehensive wave database for Malaysian sea areas using satellite altimetry. Significant wave height, wind speed and sigma0 data is extracted from oceanographic satellite TOPEX/Poseidon for selected area. Results are presented in the form of probability distribution functions and compared to data from Global Wave Statistics (GWS), Malaysian Meteorological Service (MMS), Petronas Research Scientific Services (PRSS) and United State National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). This project has shown that the data provided by TOPEX/Poseidon satellite can be used to derive wave periods and the results indicate that the Hwang Method was the best approach to derive wave period for Malaysian ocean data 2006 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6885/ http://sps.utm.my/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Zainudin, Norazimar
Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
description Correct wave data is a very important input to predict the performances of the marine vehicles and structures at preliminary design stages particularly regarding safety, effectiveness and comfort of passengers and crews. Presently, available wave data in Malaysian seas are based on visual observations from ships, oil platforms and limited wave buoys whose accuracy, reliability and comprehensiveness are often questioned. This study presents an effort to derive a more reliable and comprehensive wave database for Malaysian sea areas using satellite altimetry. Significant wave height, wind speed and sigma0 data is extracted from oceanographic satellite TOPEX/Poseidon for selected area. Results are presented in the form of probability distribution functions and compared to data from Global Wave Statistics (GWS), Malaysian Meteorological Service (MMS), Petronas Research Scientific Services (PRSS) and United State National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). This project has shown that the data provided by TOPEX/Poseidon satellite can be used to derive wave periods and the results indicate that the Hwang Method was the best approach to derive wave period for Malaysian ocean data
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Zainudin, Norazimar
author_facet Zainudin, Norazimar
author_sort Zainudin, Norazimar
title Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
title_short Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
title_full Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
title_fullStr Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
title_full_unstemmed Development of Malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
title_sort development of malaysian ocean wave database for engineering purposes using satellite altimetry
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2006
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