REAL TIME WAVE PARAMETERS MONITORING USING A FIXED COASTAL BUOY

In order to identify the marine energy potential, the marine environment will be studied through EMSO-EUXINUS network part of EMSO ERIC Pan European Research Infrastructure operated starting with 2013. The most important part of the network is monitoring stations located offshore, including wave coastal buoy in the Black Sea which record also, in real time, wave parameters starting with 2013. The main goal of the wave coastal buoy is to record, in real time, the wave data including wave high and period, direction and speed of the water, water temperature and also meteorological information (wind speed and direction and air temperature). All coastal buoy sensors are managed by a customized low power datalloger, processing and communication system integrated in a stainless-steel cabinet in AISI216L suitable for long life stay in harsh environment and salty atmosphere. The same cabinet host rechargeable battery pack and charge regulat. All the data are recorded and stored on a local data-logger and transmitted to the onshore database, at each 5 minutes via 3G communications.