Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
In 1986, FASINEX, a Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment,
a multi-investigator cooperative experiment, was conducted
to study the role of horizontal variability in air-sea
interaction in the persistent front formed in the
subtropical convergence zone south of Bermuda. Aimed at
investigating all aspects of the atmospheric and oceanic
variables related to the formation and maintenance of the
front, an array of meteorological and current meter moorings
was deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Buoy Group in 5400 meters of water . Two subsurface current
meter moorings were deployed in October, 1984; five surface
meteorological and current meter moorings and four Profiling
Current Meter (PCM) moorings were set in January 1986 . All
except one PCM mooring, which was lost, were recovered in
June 1986. This report discusses the extensive preparations
of, and modifications to, the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Buoy Group instruments placed on the five
surface moorings. The equipment included 30 vector
measuring current meters, ten vector averaging current
meters and five vector averaging wind recorders .
Description:
Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research
under contract Number N00014-84-C-0134.
Keywords:
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
;
Deep-sea moorings
;
Asterias (Ship : 1980-2004) Cruise
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
Format:
application/pdf
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