The Mini Buoy Handbook

Assessing hydrodynamics in intertidal environments

Preface

The Mini Buoy is an applied research tool to measure inundation duration, current velocity, and wave orbital velocity in shallow coastal settings using accelerometer technology. As a low-cost and open-source solution, Mini Buoys and the associated App are a useful alternative to conventional hydrodynamic equipment.

This handbook provides an overview of how the Mini Buoy works, how to configure and deploy them, and how to analyse the data¹.

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1. This research was funded by the NEWTON Fund project MOMENTS [NE/P014127/1] and UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub project [NE/S008926/1]