Land Based Remote Sensing of the Inner Shelf
Abstract
ABSTRACT An observational program applying a suite of in situ and shore-based remote sensing tools to study inner-shelf physical oceanography is proposed. Goals of the project will be to observe variations in inner-shelf conditions as controlled by winds, tides, waves, and remote forcing. Particular interest will focus on cross-shelf gradients of the surface wind forcing, submesoscale response of the inner shelf, variations in the surface wave field. The proposed observational techniques include X-band radar, data from an existing array of HF radar, and in-situ observations including drifting wave buoys and miniature meteorological buoys. The dense set of observations provided by the DRI participants will provide a landmark dataset for the development and testing of land-based remote sensing techniques which can provide observations in time and space, and provide benchmarks for testing high resolution, dynamical ocean models.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512614
Entities
People
- Eric Terrill
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego