Remotely controlled CODAR continuously observed surface currents in the German Bay

Author

Schlick, Thomas ; Gurgel, Klaus-Werner ; Essen, Heinz-Hermann ; Schirmer, Florian

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Meereskunde, Hamburg Univ., West Germany

fYear

1990

fDate

3-5 Apr 1990

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

21

Abstract

An experiment to continuously measure surface currents in the Helgolander Bucht (German Bay) during two months in the winter 1987-8 is described. Modified CODAR radars were set up 45 km apart on the islands of Helgoland and Wangerooge. Both stations were remotely computer controlled while the data flow of the stations was made possible by telephone links to a Mikro VAX host computer. The CODARs were unmanned. The observed surface currents and wind recordings have been analysed. The Lagrangian motion of hypothetical water particles as a result of the observed currents was extracted, and from this (water) motion a movie was generated on a computer screen. The wind-induced and tidal components were determined

Keywords

geophysics computing; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; AD 1987; AD 1988; CODAR; German Bay; German Bight; Helgolander Bucht; Mikro VAX host computer; North Sea; dynamics; equipment; measurement; ocean current; radar remote sensing; technique; winter; Batteries; Current measurement; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Oceans; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Current Measurement, 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Clinton, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CURM.1990.110886

Filename

110886