Long term ocean observations can help us detangle the intricate web of internal wave across the globe Global ocean maps illustrate the low-mode internal wave field at the M2 tidal frequency (color-scale image) in relation to historical ocean repeat data collections: the WOCE/GO-SHIP transects (top center), the Scripps high-density XBT archive (bottom left), and the AOML high-density XBT archive (bottom right). The tidal internal waves, which are hypothesized to be a significant source of energy for the broadband internal wave field, are heterogenously distributed throughout the ocean basins. Representation of … Read More
SWOT / NOPP moorings are in the water
SIO SWOT / NOPP moorings S1-S4 are in the water, telemetering, and functioning as designed! The weather held off this morning, allowing us to get a relatively early and efficient start. Although the weather deteriorated to some extent over the course of the day, we were able to safely deploy the final mooring less than 100 yards from the target. The SIO SWOT NOPP real-time data can be found here: https://mooring.ucsd.edu/swot2/ The Wirewalker profiler performance has been excellent at all moorings since deployment, averaging 500 m round trips every 30 … Read More
November 2022 Kickoff Meeting
We are thrilled to have participated in the 2-day Kickoff meeting Nov 3 & 4, 2023 for the NOPP-Global Internal Waves. Representatives from all 6 groups were in attendance at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for the meeting. The Kickoff included breakout groups focussing on zeroing in on the various tasks that we are going to accomplish during this NOPP. We were lucky to include some valuable additional speakers to give us more information about: SMODE (Tom Farrar, WHOI), SWOT cal/val (Jinbo Wang, JPL), NSF-funded BLT (Bethan Wynne-Cattanach, SIO), ONR-funded TFO … Read More