Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The feasibility of sodar wind profile measurements from an oceanographic buoy
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis explores the feasibility of making wind speed measurements from an oceanographic buoy using a Doppler sodar. In the fall of 2005, we deployed a Scintec SFAS sodar on an ASIS buoy. Roughly one week of buoy motion data and one day of sodar observations were collected. Data from both this deployment, and the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, were used in conjunction with models to predict sodar performance. Results are compared for an ASIS and a 3-meter discus buoy. We also predict the yearly average probability of sodar data availability in the presence of buoy motion. We show that buoy tilting in response to wave forcing is the main factor affecting sodar performance. Our results strongly suggest that ASIS is a suitable platform for sodar measurements at sea.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Berg, Allison M.
Subjects
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- Language dc:language.iso
- en_US
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/1618