Air Expendable Current Profiling During the OCEAN STORMS Experiment

Abstract

In the fall of 1987, 199 Air Expendable Current Profilers(AXCPs) were deployed from a NOAA P-3 aircraft as part of OCEAN STORMS, a study of air-sea interaction under strong storms in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The procedures used to prepare and launch the AXCPs are described, and the instrumentation and methods used to record, process and display the received data in real time are detailed. The chronology of OCEAN STORMS and the AXCP drops is given, and a few examples of the profiles are provided. The modes of AXCP failure are reported, and recommendations for improving performance are made. Keywords: Ocean current velocity; Air-launched expendable oceanographic equipment; Seawater temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221141

Entities

People

  • E. A. D'asaro
  • G. L. Welsh
  • M. O. Morehead
  • R. G. Drever
  • Thomas B. Sanford

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Instrumentation
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launching
  • Load Monitoring
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Power Supplies
  • Processing Equipment
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Radomes
  • Recording Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design