High frequency subsurface Lagrangian measurements in the California Current with RAFOS floats
dc.contributor.advisor | Garfield, Newell | |
dc.contributor.author | Benson, Kirk R. | |
dc.date | September 1995 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-13T22:06:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-13T22:06:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/35108 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study presents float observations from four RAFOS floats that were deployed off central California for a twenty-three day period as part of a Tomography Demonstration Experiment. These floats, which sampled hourly, were used to investigate float characteristics and the navigational accuracy of current processing techniques. An ordinary mean least square method is proposed to mathematically estimate values for random and systematic errors, producing navigational trajectories which compliment previous methods when determining the most probable solution of the float trajectory. Potential sources of error in the navigational solution are examined, as well as the importance of float/ source geometry on position accuracy. It was determined that these floats supported previous studies of the California Current System, and proposes that the California Undercurrent may in fact be wider and deeper that previously suspected. (AN) | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/highfrequencysub1094535108 | |
dc.format.extent | 88 p. | en_US |
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.title | High frequency subsurface Lagrangian measurements in the California Current with RAFOS floats | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Meteorology and Physical Oceanography | |
dc.description.funder | NA | en_US |
dc.description.recognition | NA | en_US |
dc.description.service | U.S. Navy (U.S.N.) author. | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Meteorology and Physical Oceanography | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
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