Miami CLASI Mooring Operations and Engineering
Abstract
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, P.I. John Kemp), the University of Miami (P.I.s Brian Haus and Hans Graber), The Na,val Postgraduate School (P.I.s Jamie MacMahan and Qing Wang), The University of Minnesota (P.I. Lian Shen), The Naval Research Labo,ratory (P.I.s Jim Doyle and David Flagg), and Ohio State University (P.I. Caglar Yardim) propose to conduct a series of experiments, over several years in U.S. coastal waters collectively called the Coastal Land Air-Sea Interaction (CLASI) project. These experime,nts will begin with a series of eight Air-Sea Interaction Spar (ASIS) buoy mooring deployments in Monterey Bay, California in April,2022. The main goal of the study is to improve operational wind forecasts at the coastal boundary (+/- 6 km of the ocean shoreline), which have been known for decades to be deficient due to the use of bulk surface layer parameterizations that were developed based,on open ocean studies that are not representative of coastal waters which are much more variable due to wave shoaling, nearshore cur,rents, and variable topography on both sides of the shoreline. A secondary goal is to examine the effects of the coastal environmen,t on electromagnetic (EM) propagation in the Marine Boundary Layer (MBL).WHOI will design and fabricate the ASIS moorings and be res,ponsible for deployment and recovery of the moorings, including anchors, throughout the multi-year research period. Funds are budge,ted for purchasing materials and supplies necessary to build the moorings and to participate in planning, deployment, and recovery c,ruises.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 05, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142212186
Entities
People
- John Kemp
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution