Electric Field Floats in the North Atlantic Current: Validation and Observations

Electric field floats were designed and built to measure depth-averaged velocity. They were made from commercial RAFOS floats modified to make horizontal electric field measurements through the addition of two pairs of electrodes, electrode arms, rotation vanes, a compass, amplifiers, and a micropro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Szuts, Zoltan B.
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Electricity and Magnetism
*ELECTRIC FIELDS
*NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT
MEASUREMENT
VALIDATION
MICROPROCESSORS
THESES
FLOATS
ELECTRODES
HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION
north atlantic current
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA424755
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA424755
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Summary:Electric field floats were designed and built to measure depth-averaged velocity. They were made from commercial RAFOS floats modified to make horizontal electric field measurements through the addition of two pairs of electrodes, electrode arms, rotation vanes, a compass, amplifiers, and a microprocessor. The added second system coordinated its activities with the RAFOS system by an optical serial connection. The original document contains color images. Master's thesis

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