The Design and Performance of Free-Fall Microstructure Instruments,

Abstract

This report covers the design, manufacture, and operational characteristics of four different free-fall microstructure instruments developed at the Institute of Oceanography. After the first two instruments were designed for studying temperature microstructure and electrical conductivity fluctuations as well as a sensor for turbulent velocity measurements, a third instrument was built to further the velocity microstructure work. The fourth design was made as simple as possible to allow for multiple drops to study the variation in time and space. While four distinct instrument formats have been developed, the last two are the most important in terms of the data that have been collected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048971

Entities

People

  • T. R. Osborn

Organizations

  • University of British Columbia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • British Columbia
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electronics
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Recording Systems
  • Telemetry
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Transmitters
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space