Offshore Transport and Diffusion in the Los Angeles Bight - I, NPS Data Summary.

Abstract

Meteorological measurements have been made in support of offshore transport and diffusion experiments in the Los Angeles Bight area. This report presents the meteorological data, reduced to values which can be used in assessing current transport models. Contents are: Ship Operation Scenario; Shipboard Equipment; Tracer Release Data; Wind Histories; Radiosonde Results; Acoustic Sounder Inversion Height, and Meteorological Data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096011

Entities

People

  • C. A. Leonard
  • Christopher W. Fairall
  • D. E. Spiel
  • Gordon E. Schacher
  • Kenneth L. Davidson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Air Temperature
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Continental Shelves
  • Corporations
  • Flow Rate
  • Inversion
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Climatology
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.