ENHANCED ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY AND ITS APPLICATION TO CIRCULATION AND DEEP CONVECTION IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Objective

Acoustic tomography transceivers will be expanded in their technical capabilities to include beam inclination detection and improved signal processing.

During the winter of 1991-92 a field experiment will be carried out in the Gulf of Lions, western Mediterranean, to apply acoustic tomography with the improved instrumentation to measure the hydrographic changes associated with the deep water formation. The line integral of Doppler velocities measured around instrument combinations will be used to determine area integrated relative vorticity. Verification measurements will be obtained by moored current meter stations and ship surveys. Work on improved acoustic modelling and nonlinear inverse techniques will be carried out in parallel and be used in the interpretation of experimental data.

Programme(s)

• FP2-MAST 1 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology (MAST), 1989-1992

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Address

Olshausenstraße 40-60
24118 Kiel
Germany

Participants (2)

FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS

Greece

Address

Dedalou 36
Iraklion

IFREMER - INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER

France

Address

Rue Jean-jacques Rousseau 155, Technopolis 40
92138 Issy Les Moulineaux