A surface mooring for air-sea interaction research in the gulf stream. Part I: Mooring design and instrumentation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1363-1376

  Weller, Robert A ^a   Bigorre, Sebastien P ^a   Lord, Jeffrey ^a   Ware, Jonathan D ^a   Edson, James B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ANCHOR SITE; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; CURRENT DATA; CURRENT METERS; DRY AIR; FLUX SYSTEMS; GULF STREAM; LAND OVER; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; MID-ATLANTIC BIGHTS; MOORING DESIGN; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE BUOY; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE MOORING;

DESIGN; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSORS; SURFACE WAVES;

MOORING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOY SYSTEM; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; SENSOR; SURFACE WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 84868273760     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00060.1     Document Type: Article

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