An Argos meteorological oceanographic spar buoy for Antarctic deployments

Author

Burke, Samuel P. ; Martinson, Douglas G.

Author_Institution

Polar Res. Lab. Inc., Carpinteria, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

31 Oct-2 Nov 1988

Firstpage

1335

Abstract

A specially configured spar buoy with a 150-m Kevlar multielement sensor string has been designed for deployment in the Antarctic ice fields. The buoy collects a full suite of meteorological data, combined with hourly samples from the oceanographic sensor tether. Water column sensors consist of ten medium-resolution multiplexed temperature sensors to provide an estimate of the salinity structure below the buoy. Data relay is carried out using the Argos capability of the two orbiting NOAA satellites. A pair of developmental AMOS (Antarctic Meteorological Oceanographic Spar) buoys were deployed during the winter of 1987-8 in the open waters of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, from the German oceanographic research vessel Polarstern. Recent data show the rate of mixed layer cooling prior to freeze-up

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; oceanographic equipment; AMOS; Antarctic; Antarctica; Argos meteorological oceanographic spar buoy; Kevlar multielement sensor string; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; atmosphere; electronics; measurement equipment; mixed layer cooling; ocean; salinity structure; satellite data relay; telemetry; temperature; thermal structure; Aluminum; Antarctica; Atmosphere; Cooling; Geology; Ice; Meteorology; Oceans; Power cables; Relays; Satellites; Sea ice; Temperature sensors; Ventilation; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '88. A Partnership of Marine Interests. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1988.23710

Filename

23710