DURIP Instrumented Autonomous Surface Vehicles for Air-Sea Fluxes and Upper-ocean Studies in the Arabian Sea
Abstract
Predicting the onset and variability of the monsoons over the northern Indian Ocean and surrounding landmasses remains a substantial challenge for weather forecasters. The summer monsoon is extremely consequential for people in India and Southeast Asia because itbrings significant rainfall, wind, and tropical cyclones. These monsoons are a key component of the large-scale atmospheric circulation, and errors in simulating them can have far-reaching effects on long-range forecasts. These forecast errors are consequential to both the tactical and humanitarian missions of the Navy.ONR has recently funded a new Departmental Research Initiative (DRI), The Arabian Sea Transition Layer (ASTraL) DRI to investigate this problem. As part of this project, PI Farrar, in collaboration with PIsMenezes (WHOI) and Lenain (UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography) will be deploying instrumented Wave Gliders to collect one year of high-quality air-sea flux measurements in the Arabian Sea, continuing an existing partnership between investigators at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In this proposal, we propose to purchase a new BoeingLiquid Robotics Wave Glider and equip it to enhance the fleet to be deployed during the main Intensive Operations Period experimentin the Arabian Sea.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 08, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412393
Entities
People
- J. Thomas Farrar
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution