METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC RESULTS FOR THE 1955 GULF OF MEXICO PROPAGATION TESTS.
Abstract
In the spring of 1955 an over water measurement program was conducted about thirty miles off the coast of Louisiana on two oil drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. A series of micrometeorological and oceanographic measurements was taken in conjunction with radio propagation tests. The program was designed so that the resulting meteorological data would; (1) help the radio engineer to determine which atmospheric and sea surface variables affect the reflection of radio signals, and (2) be of interest from a strictly micrometeorological standpoint. Meteorological data were obtained with a number of instruments ranging from standard threecup anemometers to the Crain microwave refractometer. Gulf wave heights were measured with a step gage, while the longer period variations were obtained by means of a surf beat gage designed and built at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. This report presents the analysis of the meteorological and oceanographic data along with a description of the instrumentation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1957
- Accession Number
- AD0627604
Entities
People
- J. R. Gerhardt
- N. K. Wagner