A resistance tide gauge
| dc.contributor.advisor | Denner, Warren W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pigeon, Norman Brown | |
| dc.contributor.department | Meteorology and Oceanography | |
| dc.date | June 1967 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-29T23:35:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-29T23:35:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1967-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The design, construction, calibration, and field application of a simple resistance-type tide gauge are presented. The gauge measures coastal water level in relation to an elevation reference. A summary of previously available tide gauges is made with advantages and disadvantages noted. The gauge sensor consists of a high resistance wire within a mercury-filled capillary. The mercury level in the capillary is pressure-linked to the sea water column and responds to changes of water level over a wide period range. The mercury column height changes the current-conducting length of the resistance wire in the capillary. the change in resistance is, therefore, linear with column height. The resistance element forms one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, Laboratory evaluation and calibration are described. Recorded field observations of the resistance gauge are compared to the record of a "standard" tide gauge at the same location | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/aresistancetideg1094512974 | |
| dc.format.extent | 66 p.: ill., map | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | ocn188090234 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/12974 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Resistance tide gauge | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Water level measurement | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Oceanographic instrument | en_US |
| dc.title | A resistance tide gauge | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Oceanography | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Oceanography | en_US |
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