Abstract
Abstract Over the past decade more than 1200 autonomous floats have been deployed worldwide. In addition to velocity as marked by lateral movement, many of these floats measured quantities like profiles of temperature and salinity, temperature microstructure, and time series of vertical velocity. The authors' laboratory's implementation of profile measurements in what is called a Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer is described. Biofouling and degradation of antifouling coatings on the conductivity sensor both cause drifts that mean accurate salinity measurements will depend on corrections based on known temperature–salinity relations. A second generation autonomous float called the Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) has been developed to provide enhanced reliability and to provide complete two-way depth control. A dual hydraulic-pneumatic buoyancy system reduces the energy cost of vertical cycling and buoyancy generation at the surface. A SOLO Vertical Current Meter has be...
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
