Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS)
Subtitle: NTAS-1 mooring deployment cruise report
By: by Albert J. Plueddemann ...[et al.]
Contributors: Plueddemann, Albert J.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 01-07.; UOP -- 2001-02.; Technical report; WHOI (Series) -- 2001-07.; UOP report -- 2001-02.; Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Ocean-atmosphere interaction -- Atlantic Ocean.; Oceanographic buoys.
Description: A surface mooring outfitted for meteorological and oceanographic measurement was deployed near 1450'N, 5100'W in the northwest tropical Atlantic on 30 March 2001. This was the initial deployment of the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS) project for airsea flux measurement. These observations will be used to investigate airsea interaction processes related to climate variability. The deployment was done on R/V Oceanus Cruise 365, Leg 5 by the Upper Ocean Processes Group (UOP) of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The 3-meter discus buoy was outfitted with two AirSea Interaction Meteorology (ASIMET) systems. Each system measures, records, and transmits via Argos satellite the surface meteorological variables necessary to compute airsea fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum. The upper 120 m of the mooring line was outfitted with oceanographic sensors for the measurement of temperature and velocity. This report describes the initial deployment of the NTAS mooring (NTAS-1), including some of the pre-cruise buoy preparations and post cruise data comparisons.
Notes: "Funding was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR) under Grant No.NA87RJ0445."

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