Technical and Scientific Evaluation of EM-APEX in Hurricane Frances

Abstract

The EM-APEX, a new autonomous sensor platform, capable of making long-duration measurements of ocean velocity profiles in inhospitable environments, was the focus of this project, aimed to increase our understanding of the capabilities of the EM-APEX, as well as to advance our scientific understanding of air-sea interaction under hurricanes using the first dataset from EM-APEX. Our objectives, approach, scientific tasks, results, both scientific and technical, are discussed in this Final Report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA457459

Entities

People

  • James B. Girton
  • Thomas B. Sanford

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Calibration
  • Coefficients
  • Cyclones
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Hurricanes
  • Internal Waves
  • Measurement
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Platforms
  • Storms
  • Surface Waves
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Waves
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.