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

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: MAST0008

Project closed

Start date 1 April 1990

End date 31 May 1993

Funded under

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

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
Germany

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.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › signal processing
• natural sciences › physical sciences › acoustics

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Olshausenstraße 40-60 ; 24118 Kiel ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: DEDALOU 36 ; IRAKLION
• Total cost: No data

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

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 155, Technopolis 40 ; 92138 ISSY LES MOULINEAUX
• Total cost: No data