An Ocean Sensor Array to Detect Small-Scale Variability

Abstract

The specific objectives of this DURIP project were to provide direct measurements of velocity and currents in narrow straits with shallow sill depths in order to: (1) Examine the relative roles of the tidal and longer timescale flows in the generation and evolution of the small-scale dynamical flow features in straits; (2) Determine how the small-scale features evolve with observed across- and along-strait variation in sea level and the corresponding strength and direction of the flow; (3) Identify how the small-scale flow structures and sea-level variability may be modulated by both the remote and the local forcing, particularly in response to the reversal in the monsoon winds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA503326

Entities

People

  • Janet Sprintall

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Archipelagoes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Philippines
  • Sea Level
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography