An Observing System for Air-sea Interaction in Hurricanes
Abstract
Funds are provided to acquire a 30 air-deployable profiling floats to advance our research program investigating air-sea interaction during tropical cyclones. The observations provided by these versatile ocean instruments are one of the few means available to understand the character of the ocean-atmosphere interface at very high wind speeds. This regime has rarely been directly observed, and it is not well understood what the behavior of the sea surface is at these high wind speeds. The PI will address this question by utilizing air-deployable profiling floats with wave field sensors and deploying them in the path of tropical cyclones utilizing the capabilities of the US Air Force Hurricane Hunter WC-130J aircraft
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012318
Entities
People
- Steven R. Jayne
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution