Title :
Benthic “weather” current meter array
Author :
Williams, Albert J.
Author_Institution :
Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA, USA
Abstract :
An array of deep ocean current meters capable of resolving Reynolds stress, deployed on 10 km grid spacing over an area 100 km×100 km, can resolve benthic storms responsible for eroding and transporting sediment. The requirement for such an array is that the current meters be inexpensive yet capable of obtaining stress measurements. A design for both instrument and array must include power, logging, and noise considerations; recovery of instruments and/or data; and economics and logistics of deployment. A version of the Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor, MAVS, is to be adapted to this task
Keywords :
acoustic equipment; flow measurement; flowmeters; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; MAVS; Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor; Reynolds stress; benthic storm; benthic weather; current; current meter array; deep sea; dynamics; equipment; instrument; lower ocean; measurement technique; stress measurement; Acoustic noise; Instruments; Oceans; Power generation economics; Sea measurements; Sediments; Sensor arrays; Storms; Stress measurement; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Current Measurement, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5505-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCM.1999.755247
