A Lightweight Multi-Spar Buoy - Design and Sea Trails.

Abstract

There is a growing need for high resolution wave directional measurements at sea, arising in diverse fields such as wave dynamics, microwave and acoustic remote sensing, air-sea coupling and gas transfer. In most research investigations in these areas it is desirable (and often critical) to make measurements of relevant quantities (i.e. of environmental parameters) at the air-sea interface coincident in time and space with the particular process under study. Examples are wave directional and probability structure with acoustic or radar signatures of breaking; wave steepness, breaking and bubble distribution with gas transfer; wave growth with momentum transfer from the surface wind stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA301457

Entities

People

  • Eugene A. Terray
  • Hans C. Graber
  • John Vanleer
  • Mark A. Donelan
  • William M. Drennan

Organizations

  • Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oceans
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Ship Decks
  • Spar Buoys
  • Surface Waves
  • Transfer Functions
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography

Technology Areas

  • Space