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Calculations

On-board calculations — wave statistics and directional analysis.

What the buoy turns its raw sensor stream into before transmission.

  • Waves — significant wave height, peak period, energy.
  • Direction — directional spectrum analysis.

1 - Waves

Wave-statistics calculation — significant wave height, peak period, energy.

The wave-statistics calculation reduces raw accelerometer samples to a compact summary: significant wave height (Hs), peak period (Tp), and total wave energy across the spectrum.

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2 - Direction

Directional wave-spectrum analysis from accelerometer + GPS heading.

Directional analysis combines accelerometer data with GPS heading to estimate where the wave energy is coming from.

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