Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
An array of surface and subsurface moorings were deployed in the Arabian Sea to provide high quality time series of
local forcing and upper ocean currents, temperature, and conductivity in order to investigate the dynamics of the ocean's
response to the monsoonal forcing characteristic of the area. The moored array was deployed during R/V Thomas
Thompson cruise number 40,
One Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) surface mooring, two Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
surface moorings and two University of Washington (UW) Profiling Current Meter moorings were deployed. The moorings
were deployed for a period of one year beginning in October 1994 as part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded
Arabian Sea experiment. Two six month deployments were planned. The moorings were deployed at 15.5°N 61.5°E (WHOI),
15.7°N 61.3°E (SIO), 15.3°N 61.3°E (SIO), 15.7°N 61.7°E (UW), and 15.3°N 61.7°E (UW).
The WHOI surface mooring was outfitted with two meteorological data collection systems. A Vector Averaging Wind
Recorder (VAWR) and an IMET system made measurements of wind speed and direction, sea surface temperature, air
temperature, short wave radiation, long wave radiation, barometric pressure, relative humidity and precipitation. Subsurface
instrumentation included Vector Measuring Current Meters (VMCMs), Multi-Variable Moored Systems (MVMS),
conductivity and temperature recorders and single point temperature recorders.
Expendable bathythermograph (XBT) data and CTD data were collected while in transit to the site and between mooring
locations.
This report describes in a general manner the work that took place during R/V Thomas Thompson cruise number 40 which
was the initial deployment cruise for this moored array. A detailed description of the WHOI surface mooring and its
instrumentation is provided. Information about the XBT and CTD data collected during the cruise is also included.
Description:
Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research under Grant No. N00014-94-1-0161.
Keywords:
Air-sea interaction
;
Moored instruments
;
Arabian Sea
;
Thomas G. Thompson (Ship) Cruise TN40
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
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