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titleAttention:

Please note that operations of the GPS Wave Buoys (GPS Waverider) require experienced scientific staff on board. The system is not operated by the ship's crew. Announce operations with the system to AWI-Logistics prior to the cruise and clarify the data transfer after the cruise.

Summary



Contacts

Components

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The system consits of the buoy and a fixed installed antenna, which is installed in crow's nest on platform. The receiver and a laptop are installed in Aerologie Laboratory. For data processing the software "SeaSaw" is installed on the laptop.

Position

Data logging, storage and archiving

Logged parameters

Central geographical ship's position and time standard

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Time synchronising is perfomed by GPS by the buoy itself.
Positioning is performed by GPS by the buoy itself.

Rawdata storage on board

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The data are logged on operator laptop.

Documentation