A Study of the Thermal Boundary Layer of the Ocean

Abstract

A two-wavelength radiometer and its new computerized data- acquisition/-logging system were installed on the Naval Undersea Center's Oceanographic Research Tower off the coast of San Diego. Data were taken on 14 days during a 6-week period. Meteorological sensors were installed to measure air temperature, dew point, wind speed, bulk-water temperature and net radiative heat flux. A voltage input corresponding to the wind direction was provided and outputs from a 31-element thermistor chain located directly beneath the sea surface in the radiometer's field of view were supplied. Another thermistor chain was mounted in the same location by N.U.C., who digitized and recorded their chain's output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1973
Accession Number
AD0908361

Entities

People

  • Fred N. Spiess
  • Stephen Rearwin
  • Theodore D. Foster

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Heat Flux
  • Internal Waves
  • Isotherms
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Military Research
  • Radiometers
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermal Boundary Layer
  • Thermistors
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.