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Design

C-DRONE

New C-DRONE for Undisturbed Wave Spectrum Measurements

By T ijs Hasselaar uring trials the correct measure- MARIN has several systems in use to buoy. And this is often too costly. ment of metocean conditions measure wave height and period. The To overcome this problem, MARIN

Dis crucial for reproducibility, most direct and accurate way to measure evaluated airborne drones for the mea- performance prediction and to avoid the wave characteristics is the use of a surement of wave characteristics. Air- disputes between different stakeholders. wave buoy. Yet, a buoy is rarely request- borne drones have become widely

MARIN believes its new C-DRONE can ed during trials because the retrieval available over the past few years, have make it much easier to obtain accurate process requires a separate support boat increasing reliability and have lowered measurement data. that can easily maneuver and pick up the in price. However, for wave elevation

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