Author(s): John Z. Yim; W. -K. Weng; W.-P. Huang
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Keywords: Taipei Harbour; Radar image sequences; Significant wave heights
Abstract: As an auxiliary port for Keelung Harbor, Taipei Harbour is under the jurisdiction of the latter. Starting as early as it’s planning stage, the Port Authority of Keelung Harbor (PAKH) has launched a long-term program to monitor the coastal area around Taipei harbour. The plan is to record and asses the possible impact (s) of the sensitive marine environments that could be induced due the construction and operation of the Harbour. An observing pile just outside the northern breakwater was used to record the wave field conditions. At the beginning of the 21st century, the PAKH has also decided to test the possibility of using marine radars as monitoring device. Compared with conventional on site instrumentations, this can cover a much larger area, and is almost all-weather operational. Information concerning wave fields was extracted from marine radar images on a routine basis. Comparisons with on site measurements showed promising results. In this paper, we present and discuss some of our results.
Year: 2010