The invention relates to a GPS
buoy wave measuring method and a wave measuring
system, wherein GPS
satellite signals are received from a plurality of
GPS satellites by using a
GPS receiver on a single-point GPS wave measuring
buoy, carrier frequency variables of the GPS
satellite signals are measured based on a Doppler principle, the movement speed of the
buoy is calculated, and thus a sea wave spectrum and wave parameters are calculated. The wave measuring method comprises the following steps of GPS
satellite signal acquisition, GPS carrier frequency variable extraction, buoy movement speed calculation, and sea wave spectrum and
wave parameter calculation. The wave measuring
system comprises a sea surface GPS buoy device, and a
computer terminal device. The GPS buoy device comprises an antenna, a
solar energy plate, a battery, and an acquisition processor. The acquisition processor comprises a GPS reception communication module and a
microprocessor. The wave measuring method of the invention is simple, and the wave measuring
system is convenient for installation and maintenance; the method and the system have very wide application prospects.