Coastal Changes in Temperature and Salinity Observed during Hurricane Isaac Recorded and Downloaded by NASA DRIFTERs Moored in Heron Bay and at Half Moon Island, Louisiana

• Main Authors: Kuper, Philip D., O'Neal, Stanford Duane, Iturriaga, Rodolfo H., Underwood, Lauren, Fletcher, Rose, Kalcic, Maria
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Earth Resources and Remote Sensing; Half Moon Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120017914

Major changes in salinity (approx.14 ppt.) and temperature (approx.40C) were continuously registered by two prototype NASA DRIFTERs, surface moored floaters, that NASA's Applied Science and Technology Project Office (ASTPO) has developed. The DRIFTER floating sensor module is equipped with an A...