| contributor author | Rainville, Luc | |
| contributor author | Pinkel, Robert | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:24:13Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:24:13Z | |
| date copyright | 2001/06/01 | |
| date issued | 2001 | |
| identifier issn | 0739-0572 | |
| identifier other | ams-1867.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4154700 | |
| description abstract | An inexpensive vertically profiling float that draws its energy from the ocean surface wavefield is described. Termed the ?Wirewalker,? it is a generalized platform capable of supporting a variety of self-contained instruments. The motion of the waves drives the positively buoyant profiler downward. It then free floats upward, decoupled from the surface motion field. The design focuses on mechanical simplicity and low cost. In moderate sea states, a prototype Wirewalker has completed profiles to depths of 60 m every 15 min. Profiles from the surface to 50?100 m can be obtained rapidly enough that diel and higher-frequency variability can be resolved. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Wirewalker: An Autonomous Wave-Powered Vertical Profiler | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 18 | |
| journal issue | 6 | |
| journal title | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1048:WAAWPV>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 1048 | |
| journal lastpage | 1051 | |
| tree | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2001:;volume( 018 ):;issue: 006 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |