Deployment and Recovery of ADCP and Smart Mooring to Obtain High Spatial Resolution Observations of Nearshore Currents.

Award Period
to
Award Amount
$4,150
Agency Name
Integral Consulting INC.
Award Number
SB240294
PI First Name
Brian
PI Last Name
Emery
MSI People
Area/s of Research
Oceanography
Abstract

The objective of this project is to obtain unique, collocated observations of the ocean currents and waves to augment ongoing intensive oceanographic research. The project will enable the collection of ocean current observations over the full water column from two acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP), an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) at about mid-water depth, and surface observations from oceanographic HF radar, all from within a in small spatial area, for a few weeks to a month. These observations will provide insight into the dynamics of nearshore flows adjacent to an SBC-LTER kelp forest research site, while also improving the understanding of the sub-grid scale variability in HF radar observations. The observations will also potentially inform the understanding of unresolved turbulent velocity fluctuations, as well as improve estimates of the turbulent heat flux.