A COMPACT BUOY SYSTEM FOR SHIP-USE IN THE MEASUREMENT OF OCEAN MICRO- STRUCTURES OVER A MONTHLY PERIOD

Abstract

The oceanographic buoy described is for ship use. It allows a single ship to make synoptic studies of a limited body of water using a number of buoys. The purpose was to create an economic, simple, dependable sea unit, which allows for accidental losses, matched to a more sophisticated data processing system that represents a durable investment. The sea unit is of small size, light weight in air and water, and easy to launch and retrieve. The low drag of buoys and cable permits their use in areas of strong currents. The sensing capabilities of the first-generation system are temperature, current speed and direction, and depth. The data storage capacity is of 16,000 cycles or about 400,000 individual data. Recording is intermittent, with maximum sampling rate of 30 seconds. The system is engineered for one month operation, which is considered a reasonable cruising time for a ship in a limited area of the ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0800986

Entities

People

  • R. Frassetto

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Ball Bearings
  • Computers
  • Electrical Resistance
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Oceans
  • Power Supplies
  • Recording Systems
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Tape Recorders
  • Time Intervals
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design