FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment) moored instrumentation
FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment) moored instrumentation
Date
1989-02
Authors
Trask, Richard P.
Dean, Jerome P.
Valdes, James R.
Marquette, Craig D.
Dean, Jerome P.
Valdes, James R.
Marquette, Craig D.
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Bermuda
DOI
10.1575/1912/6409
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Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Deep-sea moorings
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Abstract
In 1986, FASINEX, a Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment,
a multi-investigator cooperative experiment, was conducted
to study the role of horizontal variability in air-sea
interaction in the persistent front formed in the
subtropical convergence zone south of Bermuda. Aimed at
investigating all aspects of the atmospheric and oceanic
variables related to the formation and maintenance of the
front, an array of meteorological and current meter moorings
was deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Buoy Group in 5400 meters of water . Two subsurface current
meter moorings were deployed in October, 1984; five surface
meteorological and current meter moorings and four Profiling
Current Meter (PCM) moorings were set in January 1986 . All
except one PCM mooring, which was lost, were recovered in
June 1986. This report discusses the extensive preparations
of, and modifications to, the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Buoy Group instruments placed on the five
surface moorings. The equipment included 30 vector
measuring current meters, ten vector averaging current
meters and five vector averaging wind recorders .
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Trask, R. P., Dean, J. P., Valdes, J. R., & Marquette, C. D. (1989). FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment) moored instrumentation. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/6409