A TRAVEL TIME VELOCIMETER AND MICROSTRUCTURE SYSTEM FOR DIRECT COVARIANCE FLUX MEASUREMENTS FROM AUTONOMOUS AND TOWED VEHICLES
Abstract
A small, modular and low-power microstructure package will be fabricated that is capable of directly measuring heat and buoyancy flux, expanding greatly on existing instrumentation that measures only turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ~ and thermal dissipation rate x. The package is intended for deployment on autonomous platforms such as floats, gliders and wave-powered ``Wirewalker~ profilers, as well as towed packages suitable forjoint physical oceanography/acoustics experiments. A Wirewalker system with the new devicewill be fabricated and tested in La Jolla submarine canyon.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 25, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912290
Entities
People
- Matthew H. Alford
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego