Acoustic Sensing of Ocean Mixed Layer Depth and Temperature from Uplooking ADCPs

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Název: Acoustic Sensing of Ocean Mixed Layer Depth and Temperature from Uplooking ADCPs
Autoři: Brenner, Samuel, Thomson, Jim, Rainville, Luc, Torres, Daniel, Doble, Martin, Wilkinson, Jeremy, Lee, Craig
Zdroj: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 40:53-64
Informace o vydavateli: American Meteorological Society, 2023.
Rok vydání: 2023
Témata: Ocean, Arctic, In situ oceanic observations, 13. Climate action, Acoustic measurements/effects, 14. Life underwater, 01 natural sciences, Instrumentation/sensors, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Popis: Properties of the surface mixed layer (ML) are critical for understanding and predicting atmosphere–sea ice–ocean interactions in the changing Arctic Ocean. Mooring measurements are typically unable to resolve the ML in the Arctic due to the need for instruments to remain below the surface to avoid contact with sea ice and icebergs. Here, we use measurements from a series of three moorings installed for one year in the Beaufort Sea to demonstrate that upward-looking acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) installed on subsurface floats can be used to estimate ML properties. A method is developed for combining measured peaks in acoustic backscatter and inertial shear from the ADCPs to estimate the ML depth. Additionally, we use an inverse sound speed model to infer the summer ML temperature based on offsets in ADCP altimeter distance during open-water periods. The ADCP estimates of ML depth and ML temperature compare favorably with measurements made from mooring temperature sensors, satellite SST, and from an autonomous Seaglider. These methods could be applied to other extant mooring records to recover additional information about ML property changes and variability.
Druh dokumentu: Article
ISSN: 1520-0426
0739-0572
DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-22-0055.1
Přístupová URL adresa: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533701/
Rights: URL: http://www.ametsoc.org/PUBSReuseLicenses
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....7ccd6d324c79fde29ac8d2d17c0e7dd4
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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