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METHOD FOR MEASURING UPPER‐LEVEL WINDS AT SEA FROM SMALL SHIPS 1
Author(s) -
QUINN WILLIAM H.,
PANSHIN DANIEL A.,
BURT WAYNE V.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1970.15.5.0836
Subject(s) - ceiling (cloud) , environmental science , meteorology , altitude (triangle) , sea level , limit (mathematics) , geology , atmospheric sciences , remote sensing , climatology , oceanography , geography , mathematics , geometry , mathematical analysis
A simple, economical, and adequately reliable method for measuring upper‐level winds from small ships in the open ocean is described. It can be effectively used for measurements up to an altitude of about 2,400–3,700 m or to the limit of a lower cloud ceiling.