• DocumentCode
    2209369
  • Title

    A moored `surface-following´ buoy for spectral wind measurements with satellite and VHF data telemetry

  • Author

    Birch, K.G. ; Clayson, C.H. ; Pascal, R.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Oceanogr. Sci., Deacon Lab., Wormley, UK
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    19-21 Jul 1994
  • Firstpage
    90
  • Lastpage
    97
  • Abstract
    Discusses the development of a Sonic Buoy. The high quality of the results from the SWALES deployment vindicates the decision to develop the Sonic Buoy. The relation between the calculated wind stress and wind speed is much more clearly defined than in previous ship-based measurements. On the technical side, the buoy design has been proved with respect to survivability, and the redundancy built into the data logging and telemetry has proved its worth
  • Keywords
    atmospheric acoustics; atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric measuring apparatus; data acquisition; data communication systems; radio links; satellite relay systems; telemetering systems; ultrasonic equipment; wind; SWALES deployment; Sonic Buoy; VHF data telemetry; data logging; satellite telemetry; spectral wind measurements; surface-following buoy; wind speed; wind stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronic Engineering in Oceanography, 1994., Sixth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cambridge
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-619-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19940581
  • Filename
    337099