Title :
Recent developments at Dunstaffnage: the GPS-Argos drifter, the smart buoy and the mini drifter
Author_Institution :
Centre for Coastal & Marine Sci., Dunstaffnage Marine Lab., Oban, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes three instrumentation developments at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, all of which use Lagrangian drifters to track ocean currents. The drifters differ significantly in the ways in which position is determined and data are processed and telemetered
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; Dunstaffnage; Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory; GPS-Argos drifter; Lagrangian drifter; circulation; current; development; dynamics; equipment; instrument; instrumentation; measurement technique; mini drifter; ocean; radionavigation; smart buoy; telemetry; Clocks; Global Positioning System; Ice; Instruments; Laboratories; Lagrangian functions; Navigation; Oceans; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements;
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.1999.755217
