Abstract
Over the past decade oceanographers have become increasingly aware of an intense and compact ocean 'mesoscale' eddy structure (the ocean weather) that is superimposed on a generally sluggish large-scale circulation (the ocean climate). Traditional ship-based observing systems are not adequate for monitoring the ocean at mesoscale resolution. A 1981 experiment mapped the waters within a 300 × 300 km square south-west of Bermuda, using a peripheral array of moored midwater acoustic sources and receivers. The variable acoustic travel times between all source-receiver pairs were used to construct the three-dimensional (time-variable) eddy fields, using inverse theory. Preliminary results from inversions are consistent with the shipborne and airborne surveys.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 121-125 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 299 |
| Issue number | 5879 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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A demonstration of ocean acoustic tomography. / Behringer, D.; Birdsall, T.; Brown, Michael G; Cornuelle, B.; Heinmiller, R.; Knox, R.; Metzger, K.; Munk, W.; Spiesberger, J.; Spindel, R.; Webb, D.; Worcester, P.; Wunsch, C.
In: Nature, Vol. 299, No. 5879, 1982, p. 121-125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - A demonstration of ocean acoustic tomography
AU - Behringer, D.
AU - Birdsall, T.
AU - Brown, Michael G
AU - Cornuelle, B.
AU - Heinmiller, R.
AU - Knox, R.
AU - Metzger, K.
AU - Munk, W.
AU - Spiesberger, J.
AU - Spindel, R.
AU - Webb, D.
AU - Worcester, P.
AU - Wunsch, C.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Over the past decade oceanographers have become increasingly aware of an intense and compact ocean 'mesoscale' eddy structure (the ocean weather) that is superimposed on a generally sluggish large-scale circulation (the ocean climate). Traditional ship-based observing systems are not adequate for monitoring the ocean at mesoscale resolution. A 1981 experiment mapped the waters within a 300 × 300 km square south-west of Bermuda, using a peripheral array of moored midwater acoustic sources and receivers. The variable acoustic travel times between all source-receiver pairs were used to construct the three-dimensional (time-variable) eddy fields, using inverse theory. Preliminary results from inversions are consistent with the shipborne and airborne surveys.
AB - Over the past decade oceanographers have become increasingly aware of an intense and compact ocean 'mesoscale' eddy structure (the ocean weather) that is superimposed on a generally sluggish large-scale circulation (the ocean climate). Traditional ship-based observing systems are not adequate for monitoring the ocean at mesoscale resolution. A 1981 experiment mapped the waters within a 300 × 300 km square south-west of Bermuda, using a peripheral array of moored midwater acoustic sources and receivers. The variable acoustic travel times between all source-receiver pairs were used to construct the three-dimensional (time-variable) eddy fields, using inverse theory. Preliminary results from inversions are consistent with the shipborne and airborne surveys.
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