CBLAST 2003 field work report
By: by Lara Hutto, Tom Farrar, Robert Weller.
Contributors: Farrar, J. Thomas.; Weller, Robert A.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Upper Ocean Processes Group.
Series: WHOI -- 2005-04.; UOP -- 2005-01.; WHOI (Series) -- 2005-04.; UOP report -- 2005-01.; Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Upper Ocean Processes Group
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Woods Hole, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Nobska (Ship); Boundary layer (Meteorology) -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Observations.; Ocean-atmosphere interaction -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Observations.; Winds -- Speed -- Observations.; Oceanographic buoys -- Observations.; Deep-sea moorings -- Design and construction.
Genres: Observations.
Description: The long-range scientific objective of the Coupled Boundary Layer Air Sea Transfer (CBLAST) project is to observe and understand the temporal and spatial variability of the upper ocean, to identify the processes that determine that variability, and to examine its predictability. Air-sea interaction is of particular interest, but attention is also paid to the coupling of the sub-thermocline ocean to the mixed layer and to both the open ocean and littoral regimes. We seek to do this over a wide range of environmental conditions with the intent of improving our understanding of upper ocean dynamics and of the physical processes that determine the vertical and horizontal structure of the upper ocean. Field work for CBLAST was conducted during the summers of 2001, 2002, and 2003 off the south shore of Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. The 2003 field work was conducted from the following platforms: heavy moorings, light moorings, drifters, F/V Nobska, CIRPAS Pelican aircraft, and an IR Cessna Aircraft. This report documents the 2003 field work and includes field notes, platform descriptions, discussion of data returns, and mooring logs. The 2003 Intensive Operating Period (IOP) was very successful and a high data return was seen.
Notes: "April 2005."

"Coupled Boundary layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST)"--P. iii.

Bibliography: p. 87-88.

Also issued online.

ONR N00014-01-1-0029 and N00014-05-10090.