Measurements of High Frequency, High Wavenumber Processes in the Upper Ocean. The Acoustically Tracked Oceanographic Mooring Experiment (ATOM '79). Part I.
Abstract
The ATOM'79 (Acoustically Tracked Ocean Mooring) experiment was designed to study the natural background of high frequency, high wavenumber processes in the upper ocean and to determine the magnitude and effects of mooring motion on the measurements of velocity and temperature. The mooring was deployed for about one month in the central Gulf of Mexico from December 1979 through January 1980. It was determined that translational mooring motion is not a significant source of error and that torsional motions coupled with the imperfect current meter directional response are a more significant source of error. Observations of the background currents showed no strong correlation between low frequency inertial period activity and high frequency activity, little, if any, effect of the proximity of the peak in the Brunt-Vaisala frequency, profile on the high frequency activity, and some significant relation of wind forcing to sub-mixed layer inertial currents. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA124001
Entities
People
- A. W. Green
- K. D. Saunders