Accession Number:

ADA064490

Title:

Present Status and Future Directions of Drifting Buoy Developments.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

LITTLE (ARTHUR D) INC CAMBRIDGE MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Vachon,William A.

Report Date:

1978-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

A summary is presented of the talks and discussions held during a Drifting Buoy Workshop at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on July 11-12, 1978. The summaries provide a means for relating experiences and findings by both analysts and experimenters in the field of drifting oceanographic buoys. In addition, a series of key problem areas and both immediate and long range needs are given. Lastly, suggested approaches to the solution of specific problems are presented as elements of a long range plan for effectively using Lagrangian oceanographic buoys for the acquisition of useful scientific data. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• *BUOYS
• DYNAMIC RESPONSE
• TRACKING
• METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
• DRIFT
• DATA ACQUISITION
• LAGRANGIAN FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE