Air-Sea Interaction Spar Buoy Systems

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The quest to obtain better and direct measurements of the air-sea fluxes in storm conditions led to the design of a stable floating platform which allowed measurements of turbulence in the atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers with minimal corrections. The air-sea interaction spar (ASIS) buoy fulfills these requirements with minimal flow distortions and a modular design. Specific objectives are: 1) To improve the structural design of ASIS to withstand extreme air-sea interaction conditions as those in hurricanes and typhoons. 2) To use better measurement strategies and instrumentation that provide high-resolution turbulence and flux measurements near the air-sea interface. 3) To improve the data acquisition system to allow storage or longer data records and extend autonomous operations to six months. 4) To use more rugged wave staff wires in storm-forced sea states.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA526926

Entities

People

  • Hans C. Graber
  • Neil J. Williams

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoys
  • Data Acquisition
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Spar Buoys
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Turbulence
  • Waves
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Software Engineering