During the past decade, man's centuries-old interest in marine me teorology and oceanography has broadened. Ocean and atmosphere are now treated as coupled parts of one system; the resulting interest in air-sea interaction problems has led to a rapid growth in the sophistication of instruments and measurement techniques. This book has been designed as a reference text which describes, albng with the instruments themselves, the accumulated practical experi ence of experts engaged in field observations of air-sea interac tions. It is meant to supplement rather than replace manuals on standard routine observations or instnunentation handbooks. At the inception a textbook was planned, which would contain only well tested methods and instruments. It was quickly discovered that for the book to be useful many devices and techniques would have to be included which are still evolving rapidly. The reader is therefore cautioned to take nothing in these pages for granted. Certainly, every contributor is an expert, but while some are back ed up by generations of published work, others are pioneers. The choice of topics, of course, is debatable. The types of observa tions included are not exhaustive and topics such as marine aero sols and radio-tracers are omitted, as was the general subject of remote sensing, which was felt to be too broad and evol ving too rapidly. The guideline adopted in limiting size was maximum use fulness to 'a trained experimentalist new to the field'.
Author(s): F. Dobson, L. Hasse, R. Davis (auth.), F. Dobson, L. Hasse, R. Davis (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1980
Language: English
Pages: 814
Tags: Meteorology/Climatology
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Cups, Vanes, Propellers, and Laser Anemometers....Pages 11-46
Hot Wire and Hot Film Anemometers....Pages 47-63
Dynamic Anemometers....Pages 65-80
Sonic Anemometers....Pages 81-96
Pilot Balloon Techniques....Pages 97-104
Survey of Techniques for Measuring Currents near the Ocean Surface....Pages 105-126
Moored Current Measurements in the Upper Ocean....Pages 127-140
Propeller Current Sensors....Pages 141-153
Acoustic Travel Time Current Meters....Pages 155-170
Acoustic Doppler Techniques....Pages 171-199
Drifters....Pages 201-218
Electromagnetic Current Meters....Pages 219-229
Air Pressure Measurement Techniques....Pages 231-253
Slow-Response Temperature Sensors....Pages 255-267
Fast-Response Temperature Sensors....Pages 269-292
Radiative Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature....Pages 293-317
High Resolution Salinity Measurement Techniques....Pages 319-348
Hot/Cold Sensors of Oceanic Microstructure....Pages 349-368
An Airfoil Probe for Measuring Turbulent Velocity Fluctuations in Water....Pages 369-386
Expendable Measuring Devices....Pages 387-398
Slow-Response Humidity Sensors....Pages 399-411
Fast-Response Humidity Sensors....Pages 413-432
Gas Exchange....Pages 433-445
Ocean Wave Measurement Techniques....Pages 447-470
Surface Microlayer Samplers....Pages 471-490
Atmospheric Radiation Instruments....Pages 491-507
Oceanic Radiation Instruments....Pages 509-521
Precipitation Measurements over the Ocean....Pages 523-541
Sodar and Lidar Measurements in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer at Sea....Pages 543-570
Aircraft....Pages 571-587
Tethered Balloons....Pages 589-604
Flow Distortion by Supporting Structures....Pages 605-626
Surface Followers....Pages 627-644
Buoys....Pages 645-679
Mooring Dynamics....Pages 681-699
Profiling Devices....Pages 701-724
Free Fall Vehicles....Pages 725-738
Towed Vehicles and Submersibles....Pages 739-765
Back Matter....Pages 767-801
