APPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL DATA BUOY SYSTEMS TO REFINED NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINE METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA. VOLUME 2: APPENDIXES

Abstract

The report documents the 1968 refinement of requirements for marine meteorological and oceanographic data--initially compiled during the 1967 Study of the Feasibility of National Data Buoy Systems--and shows the applicability of certain postulated National Data Buoy Systems sensing characteristics to a subset of the refined data requirements. Included in the refined requirements to support national operational and research activities are physical, biological, chemical, geological and radiological parameters which are to be measured throughout the world's oceans from the ocean bottom to 100,000 feet in the atmosphere. The data requirements are projected from the present to as far as 15 years into the future. The study presents a subset of 20 parameters suggested as being representative of the basic sensing characteristics of a future deep ocean or coastal North American National Data Buoy Systems. Estimates of relative values of parameters and observing layers are also included in this study as part of the documentation of the ongoing effort to provide a base for the assessment of hypothetical technically feasible sensing characteristics within the 5 year state-of-the-art.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0682513

Entities

People

  • Gaylord M. Northrop
  • Leroy H. Clem

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Coast Guard
  • Deep Oceans
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Ecology
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Gulf Stream
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design