Preliminary Acoustic and Oceanographic Observations from the ASIAEX 2001 South China Sea Experiment

Abstract

The Asian Seas International Experiment (ASIAEX) was a very successful scientific collaboration between the United States of America (USA), the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan, Russia, and Singapore. Preliminary field experiments associated with ASIAEX began in spring of 2000. The main experiments were performed in April-August, 2001. The scientific plan called for two major acoustics experiments, the first a bottom interaction experiment in the East China Sea (ECS) and the second a volume interaction experiment in the South China Sea (SCS). In addition to the acoustics efforts, there were also extremely strong physical oceanography and geology and geophysics components to the experiments. This report will concentrate on describing the moored component of the South China Sea portion of ASIAEX 2001 performed from the Taiwan Fisheries research vessel FRI (Fisheries Researcher 1). Information on the environmental moorings deployed from the Taiwanese oceanographic research vessel ORI (Oceanographic Researcher 1) will also be listed here for completeness, so that the reader can pursue later analyses of the data. This report does not pursue any data analyses per se.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397797

Entities

People

  • Arthur E. Newhall
  • Glen G. Gawarkiewicz
  • Jim Dunn
  • Lawrence Costello
  • Tim Duda

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Acquisition
  • Chirp Sonar
  • Crystal Oscillators
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Radar Reflectors
  • Recording Systems
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Oceanography.