Arctic Research in Environmental Acoustics (AREA) Technical Report Number 8: Arctic Lead-Airdrop Data Buoy.

• Main Authors: Buck,Beaumont M, Burke,Samuel P, Anderson,John O
• Other Authors: POLAR RESEARCH LAB INC SANTA BARBARA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Acoustics; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *ACOUSTICS; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; DATA ACQUISITION; AIR DROP OPERATIONS; HYDROPHONES; AMBIENT NOISE; UNDERWATER SOUND; ARCTIC REGIONS; BUOYS; COLD WEATHER TESTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; *Arctic Lead-Airdrop Data Buoy; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA074731; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA074731

Arctic data buoys are capable of data collection that is impractical of accomplishment by manned-station techniques primarily because of high logistics costs. These costs differentials can be even further reduced by buoy paradrop. Size, weight, and power limit the usefulness of such devices, but their most serious drawback has been automatic deployment of sensors under the ice. A new concept which employs a data buoy that is designed for air drop into open water leads of opportunity, is powered for up to a year life, and uses the new TIROS-N ARGOS system for position and data recovery offers promise in solving these problems. The configuration of the buoy, called 'LAD' (Lead Air Droppable), is described along with the results of preliminary Arctic field tests of the concept. Because of the limited nature of those tests, viability of the approach is not yet established, and additional trials are planned for spring 1980. (Author)