SWIFT Drifter Observations during USRS (UnderSea Remote Sensing)

Abstract

Freely drifting SWIFTs (Surface Wave Instrument Floats with Tracking) were used to measure currents, waves, turbulence, temperatures, salinities, winds, and bathymetry during the USRS (UnderSea Remote Sensing) field campaigns at the James River (VA) and Mobile Bay (AL). These measurements have been assimilated in hydrodynamic models, with application to bathymetry inversion and tracking frontal features. The measurements have also been used to understand the underlying dynamics of frontal features in tidal estuaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 2023
Accession Number
AD1204694

Entities

People

  • Jim Thomson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Backscattering
  • Bathymetry
  • Classification
  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Intrusion
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Monitoring
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Remote Sensing
  • Salinity
  • Standards
  • Stratification
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulence
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.