Marine Technician Professional Development

Short Course on Automated Underway Meteorological Observation
INMARTECH 2014
18 and 19 November 2014

Facilitators: Shawn Smith and Jeremy Rolph (COAPS/FSU)
Dan Wolfe (NOAA/CIRES)
This course will focus on atmospheric and near-surface oceanographic measurements made by automated sensors. Systems on research vessels typically include a computerized data logging system that continuously records navigation (ship position, course, speed, and heading), meteorological (winds, air temperature, pressure, moisture, rainfall, and radiation), and near-surface (sea temperature and salinity) ocean parameters while a vessel is underway. Measurements are recorded at high temporal sampling rates (typically one minute or less). Although manual observations are still common on research vessels, the discussion of these sensors will be limited to their use to periodically check the operation of the automated system.

Agenda

Tuesday
• 15:30-16:45: Adjusting Observations for Ship Motion and Sensor Height
  Facilitator: Dan Wolfe and Shawn Smith
  Height Matters
  True Wind
  Access true wind program codes, test data, and additional information.
Wednesday
• 09:15-10:30: Sensor Location and Exposure
  Facilitator: Shawn Smith
  Sensor Move Example
  Instrument Location
  Location Example
  
• 10:50-12:00: Quality Assurance and Quality Control
  Facilitator: Jeremy Rolph
  QA and QC
• 14:30-17:30: Meteorological Instrumentation Posters and Demonstration
  Come by and ask questions from the Facilitators.
  Common Instrumentation

The course overview is also available: Click Here
A handbook is available to provide detailed information on making marine meteorological and air-sea flux measurements at sea.