Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2012
Publication Title
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Keywords
Arctic, Sea ice, Seasonal forecasting, Coupled models
ISSN
0739-0572
Volume
29
Issue/No.
6
First Page
880
Last Page
886
Abstract
The aim of this work is to test the potential capabilities of 3D sonar technology for studying small-scale processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean, using the centerline wake of ships of opportunity as the object of study. The first tests conducted in Tampa Bay, Florida, with the 3D sonar have demonstrated the ability of this technology to observe the shape of the centerlinewake in great detail starting from centimeter scale, using air bubbles as a proxy. An advantage of the 3Dsonar technology is that it allows quantitative estimates of the ship wake geometry, which presents new opportunities for validation of hydrodynamic models of the ship wake. Three-dimensional sonar is also a potentially useful tool for studies of air-bubble dynamics and turbulence in breaking surface waves.
Additional Comments
ONR award #: N00014-10-1-0938
NSUWorks Citation
Alexander Soloviev, Christopher Maingot, Mike Agor, Lou Nash, and Keith Dixon. 2012. 3D Sonar Measurements in Wakes of Ships of Opportunity .Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , (6) : 880 -886. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/620.
ORCID ID
0000-0001-6519-1547
DOI
10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00120.1
Comments
©2012 American Meteorological Society