Enhanced Predictability Through Lagrangian Observations and Analysis

Abstract

This effort is closely linked with our effort on ONR grant N00014-00-1-0019. We are motivated to develop strategies for the deployment of drifting sensor arrays that maximize the amount of environmental information collected with the fewest sensors. Two critical concerns are: maintaining array position inside a region of interest, and minimizing array distortion during the deployment. Our primary long-term research goal is to quantify submesoscale stirring process. Calculating the origin and fate of particles is an essential part of our analysis. A better understanding of submesoscale stirring will contribute to improved drifter array deployment strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA573271

Entities

People

  • Albert D. Kirwan
  • B. L. Lipphardt Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Arrays
  • Arrays
  • Computations
  • Death
  • Delaware
  • Deployment
  • Dispersions
  • Flow
  • Mixing
  • Observation
  • Particles
  • Stagnation Point
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Surface Transportation
  • Trajectories
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

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