Title :
Numerical model of mooring with surface buoyancy
Author_Institution :
P.P. Shirshov Inst. for Oceanology, Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Two-dimensional static numerical model is developed to study the equilibrium of a single-point mooring as used by P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. The model have been used for processing the data of “Megapolygon” experiment conducted by Russian oceanographers in 1987 in the northwestern Pacific. Results obtained revealed that during a storm passage the instruments vertical upward displacements led to temperature disturbances measured by the current meter thermistor comparable with the temperature fluctuations typical for mesoscale eddies
Keywords :
flow measurement; flowmeters; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; temperature measurement; Megapolygon; North Pacific; P. Shirshov Institute; buoy; buoyant mooring; current measurement; current meter thermistor; dynamics; equilibrium; error; flow measurement; flowmeter; instrumented mooring; mesoscale eddy; single-point mooring; surface buoyancy; temperature disturbance; temperature measurement technique; thermal structure; two-dimensional static numerical model; upper ocean; vertical upward displacement; Current measurement; Displacement measurement; Instruments; Numerical models; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Storms; Temperature measurement; Thermistors;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '95. MTS/IEEE. Challenges of Our Changing Global Environment. Conference Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-14-9
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1995.527304
