DocumentCode
2680097
Title
Benthic “weather” current meter array
Author
Williams, Albert J.
Author_Institution
Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
11-13 Mar 1999
Firstpage
236
Lastpage
240
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Current Measurement, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5505-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCM.1999.755247
Filename
755247
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