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Wave measurement methods from moving vessels using GNSS Reflectometry

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K19848
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 63:Environmental analyses and evaluation and related fields
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

Ichikawa Kaoru  九州大学, 応用力学研究所, 准教授 (40263959)

Project Period (FY) 2021-07-09 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
KeywordsGNSS / 海面反射 / 干渉計 / 波浪計 / 有義波高 / 波浪周期 / フェリー観測 / 海面反射波 / 波浪 / 有義周期 / 位相干渉計 / 有義波高計測 / GNSS-Reflectometry / 波浪計測 / GNSS海面反射信号 / 航走中船舶
Outline of Research at the Start

安全で効率的な海上輸送には波浪予測は不可欠で,特に多島域など空間構造が複雑な海域では船舶による洋上の波浪計測が重要な役割を果たすが,いまだに船員による定性的な目視観測が行われている。これは,航走中は船体自身が動揺し,船体周辺にも造波してしまうためで,正確な波浪計測ができていないのが現状である。
本研究では,GNSS衛星からの直達信号と海面で反射した反射信号を用いて,波浪による海面の上下動を計測する手法を開発する。航走中の船舶から定量的な波高を可能とするこの技術は,多数の船舶に適用可能なため今後の全世界の波浪観測ネットワークを飛躍的に向上させることが可能である。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Estimation of wave fields is essential for marine transports and developments. Although the accuracy of estimation has improved by the progress of numerical models, wave observations are still insufficient especially in coastal areas. This study, therefore, established a low-cost method to observe wave fields from moving ships.
The GNSS signals reflected at the sea surface travel a longer path than the direct signals, so the mixed signal intensity fluctuates depending on the phase difference of two signals. Every time when the excess path length changes by the wavelength of GNSS signals, approximately 0.2 m, due to the sea surface height changes by waves, periodic interference fringes appear in the received signal intensity. By measuring the periodicity and number of these fringes, the wave period and significant wave height (SWH) can be estimated. By applying to actual observation data on a ferry, both estimations of the wave period and SWH were confirmed practically accurate.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

海運や海洋資源開発には波浪予測が不可欠だが,複雑な地形や海流の影響を受けて変化しやすい沿岸域の波浪予測の精度を上げるには,細かな波浪観測が不可欠である。国土交通省港湾局のナウファスなど,沿岸域の波浪観測網の維持管理は予算と手間のかかる事業であり,安価なシステムの開発が望まれている。
一方,今回の測定装置は,安価で小型・省電力のGNSS受信装置で構成されており,小型のアンテナを船体舷側に設置するだけで完了できる。つまり,低予算で多数の船に取付けて波浪観測網を充実させることができる。観測網が実現すれば,海運・海洋資源開発の観点から社会的な意義は大きい。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] How frequently can we observe winds and waves for safer maritime transport?2024

    • Author(s)
      K Ichikawa
    • Journal Title

      La Mer

      Volume: 61 Pages: 358-360

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Ship-borne wave gauge using GNSS interferometric reflectometry2024

    • Author(s)
      K Ichikawa, JQ Zhu, J Noda, R Sakemi, K Yufu and K Matsuura
    • Journal Title

      Coastal Engineering Journal

      Volume: in press Issue: 2 Pages: 395-404

    • DOI

      10.1080/21664250.2024.2342596

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Mean Seasonal Sea Surface Height Variations in and around the Makassar Strait2023

    • Author(s)
      Ichikawa Kaoru
    • Journal Title

      Remote Sensing

      Volume: 15 Issue: 17 Pages: 4324-4324

    • DOI

      10.3390/rs15174324

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Mean Seasonal Sea Surface Height Vairations within the Makassar Strait2023

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ship-Borne Wave Gauge using GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry2023

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa, JQ Zhu, J Noda, R Sakemi, K Yufu and K Matsuura
    • Organizer
      19th French-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ship-borne SSH measurements using GNSS-R2023

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa, Jyoushiro Noda. Ryosuke Sakemi and Kei Yufu
    • Organizer
      13th Coastal Altimetry Workshop
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ship-board wave height measurements using GNSS-R2022

    • Author(s)
      JingQiao Zhu and Kaoru Ichikawa
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Wave frequency estimation by satellite altimeters2022

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa and XF Wang
    • Organizer
      Special seminar at Seoul National University
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] How frequently can we observe winds and waves for safer maritime transports?2021

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa
    • Organizer
      The 18th Japanese-French Oceanographic Symposium Japan-French oceanographic Society
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Coastal Altimetry: Chapter 72023

    • Author(s)
      Kaoru Ichikawa, XF Wang, H Tamura and D Wei
    • Total Pages
      26
    • Publisher
      Elsevier
    • ISBN
      9780323917087
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-07-13   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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