Air-Deployed Ocean Drifters for Typhoon Observations

Abstract

The purpose of this Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) was to acquire an array of air-deployable drifters to be used for the Impact of Typhoons on the Western Pacific Ocean (ITOP) program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The goal was to enhance the basic drifter array (20 units) already funded by ONR for the ITOP project. With this extra DURIP funds, we were therefore able to reach our target of 60 drifter units for this experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546816

Entities

People

  • Luca R. Centurioni
  • Pearn P. Niiler

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • California
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Universities

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Research Science/Academic Research