Hydrodynamics of CTD instrument packages
Citable URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/6366DOI
10.1575/1912/6366Keyword
Oceanographic instruments; Ocean temperature; Salinity; Scientific apparatus and instrumentsAbstract
This report is part of a research project conducted at the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to improve the flight characteristics
of CTD instrument packages. Improvement of these cable lowered
instrument packages could allow their use in more severe weather conditions.
It could improve the quality of the measurements.
This·report presents the development of a simplified mathematical
model of the CTD package flight characteristics. This computer model
was exercised to perform a sensitivity analysis of different versions
of CTD packages.
Part of the research project includes scale model testing. The
second part of the report discusses pertinent flow similarity criteria
and proposes a scheme for building a CTD half scale model.
Finally, recommendations to improve the hydrodynamic behaviour of
the present CTD configuration are summarized at the end of the report.
Suggested Citation
Cook, M. F. (1981). Hydrodynamics of CTD instrument packages. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/6366Related items
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