A Compact Meteorological, Water Following (MET) Drifter for Aircraft Deployment, Wind Forcing of East Sea Currents

Abstract

The long-term goal is to study the variability of the upper ocean current systems and their relationship to meteorological forcing. To this end, spatially coherent field observations are required of the ocean response and the atmospheric forcing. A new instrument, the MINIMET, a water-following drifter, was designed as a tool to obtain ocean and atmospheric data. Arrays of MINIMETs will be utilized in a coordinated field experiment in marginal seas to study wind-driven ocean currents. The scientific objectives are to obtain direct measurements of ocean circulation on various time and space scales that are of sufficient spatial density and time duration so both seasonal means and intraseasonal variations can be determined. This data will be used to test model dynamics, both in the processes which determine the mean motions, as well as the exchange of energy and momentum between the mean and eddies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA538713

Entities

People

  • Dong Kyu-lee
  • Peter Niiler
  • Sang-bok Hahn

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Data Sets
  • Deployment
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Basins
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Sea Level
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space