A TAUT WIRE BUOY ARRAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN AUTEC

Abstract

The Taut Wire Buoy Array (TWBA) of the AUTEC Environmental Monitoring Station has recently completed recording more than two years of almost continuous temperature and pressure data from 14 selected levels at a fixed site in the Tongue of The Ocean. This report covers some of the general aspects of the system, including: array description and operation, significant events of its existence, and data handling and programming.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0837240

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Rooney

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programming
  • Construction
  • Data Processing
  • Data Transmission
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Gages
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recording Systems
  • Strain Gages
  • Tape Recorders
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tongue Of The Ocean
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies