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A Spar Buoy for High-Frequency Wave Measurements and Detection of Wave Breaking in the Open Ocean

A Spar Buoy for High-Frequency Wave Measurements and Detection of Wave Breaking in the Open Ocean Waves and wave breaking play a significant role in the air––sea exchanges of momentum, sea spray aerosols, and trace gases such as CO 2 , but few direct measurements of wave breaking have been obtained in the open ocean (far from the coast). This paper describes the development and initial deployments on two research cruises of an autonomous spar buoy that was designed to obtain such open-ocean measurements. The buoy was equipped with capacitance wave wires and accelerometers to measure surface elevation and wave breaking, downward-looking still and video digital cameras to obtain images of the sea surface, and subsurface acoustic and optical sensors to detect bubble clouds from breaking waves. The buoy was free drifting and was designed to collect data autonomously for days at a time before being recovered. Therefore, on the two cruises during which the buoy was deployed, this allowed a variety of sea states to be sampled in mean wind speeds, which ranged from 5 to 18 m s −−1 . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0426
DOI
10.1175/2010JTECHO764.1
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Abstract

Waves and wave breaking play a significant role in the air––sea exchanges of momentum, sea spray aerosols, and trace gases such as CO 2 , but few direct measurements of wave breaking have been obtained in the open ocean (far from the coast). This paper describes the development and initial deployments on two research cruises of an autonomous spar buoy that was designed to obtain such open-ocean measurements. The buoy was equipped with capacitance wave wires and accelerometers to measure surface elevation and wave breaking, downward-looking still and video digital cameras to obtain images of the sea surface, and subsurface acoustic and optical sensors to detect bubble clouds from breaking waves. The buoy was free drifting and was designed to collect data autonomously for days at a time before being recovered. Therefore, on the two cruises during which the buoy was deployed, this allowed a variety of sea states to be sampled in mean wind speeds, which ranged from 5 to 18 m s −−1 .

Journal

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Dec 30, 2009

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