waves {mAr}

Time series of ocean wave height measurements

Description

Ocean wave height measurements from an wire wave gauge and an infrared wave gauge

Usage

data(waves)

Format

A data frame with 4096 observations on the following 2 variables.

wire.gauge

height of ocean waves from wire wave gauge

ir.gauge

height of ocean waves from infrared wave gauge

Details

Time series of ocean wave height measurements (sampling = 1/ 30 seconds)

Source

Applied Physics Laboratory (Andy Jessup)

References

Jessup, A. T., Melville, W. K., Keller, W. C. (1991). Breaking Waves Affecting Microwave Backscatter: Detection and Verification (1991). Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, C11, 20,547–59.

Percival, D. B. (1993). Spectral Analysis of Univariate and Bivariate Time Series, Chapter 11 of "Statistical Methods for Physical Science," Stanford, J. L. and Vardeman, S. B. (Eds), Academic Press