A cost-effective sattellite-aircraft-drogue approach for studying estuarine circulation and shelf waste dispersion
- 1 January 1975
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
The mounting economic pressure to extract oil and other resources from the Continental Shelf and to continue using it for waste disposal is creating a need for cost-effective, synoptic means of determining currents in this area. An integrated satellite-aircraft-drogue approach has been developed which employs remotely tracked expendable drogues together with satellite observations of waste plumes and natural tracers, such as suspended sediment. Tests conducted on the Continental Shelf and in Delaware Bay indicate that the system provides a cost-effective means of monitoring current circulation and ocean waste dispersion even under severe environmental conditions.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Coastal and estuarine studies with ERTS-1 and SkylabRemote Sensing of Environment, 1974
- Trends in drogue design1,2Limnology and Oceanography, 1973
- Element enrichment in organic films and foam associated with aquatic frontal systemsJournal of Geophysical Research, 1972