Acoustically tracked passive drifters for measurement of oceanic circulation. Adaptation to the Nordic Seas

• Main Authors: Golmen, L., Søiland, H.
• Other Authors: Golmen, L. - Project manager
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norsk institutt for vannforskning 1995
• Subjects: marin undersøkelse; VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400; passive drivlegemer; strømmåling; oseanografi; dypvannsstrømmer; passive; drifters; current; measurement; oceanography; deep; ecean; circulation; Niva; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/208610

A review of the technology to use neutrally buoyant subsurface drifters or floats for Lagrangian measurements of ocean circulation was made. Focus was put on the RAFOS technology which uses small floats that listen to low-frequency sound-transmitting sources moored at fixed positions in the deep wat...