The Design,Logistics and Installation of a Sofar Float Tracking Station at Grand Turk Island, B.W.I.

摘要

The Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) under the Office of the International Decade of Oceanography,National Science Foundation,included plans for the deployment of long-range SOFAR floats in a two degree square area approximately 400miles Southwest of Bermuda. Listening stations at Bermuda, Eleuthera and Puerto Rico were to be used to track the motion of these floats. An additional station at Grand Turk Island,British West Indies,was requested to provide an expanded and more reliable tracking capability. In addition a spare installation was to be provided which could be installed within relatively short notice at Eleuthera or Puerto Rico if required. The design,logistical considerations and installation of the Grand Turk Island station are documented in this report. (Author)