The Wirewalker: A vertically profiling instrument carrier powered by ocean waves

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-435

  Pinkel, R ^a   Goldin, M A ^a   Smith, J A ^a   Sun, O M ^a   Aja, A A ^a   Bui, M N ^a   Hughen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Oceanic; Profilers; Waves

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; FOAM BLOCKS; INSTRUMENT PLATFORMS; MOVING PARTS; OCEAN WAVES; OCEAN-WAVE ENERGY; OCEANIC; PROFILERS; PROFILING INSTRUMENT; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SPACE SHUTTLES; WATER WAVES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUOYANCY FORCING; OCEAN WAVE; PROFILER; VERTICAL MIXING; WALKER CIRCULATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 79955029815     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO805.1     Document Type: Article

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