Attached is a higher resolution local merged timex from today’s low tide showing detailed bedforms on the western side of the inlet. I’m amazed by the amount of structure. Also, we have posted a first draft web description of Argus at RIVET at cil-www.oce.orst.edu/rivet. It includes description of our geometry set up procedure and the location of a decent 3D … Read More
APL-UW SAR imagery of the New River Inlet
The image below is an overlay of a SAR intensity image recorded by the APL-UW dual-beam along-track interferometric microASAR system (the microASAR units are developed by Artemis, Inc., http://artemisinc.net). This data was recorded on May 2 at 11:55 EDT during the low tide. A Google Earth version of this image (KMZ file) can be downloaded from http://herschel.apl.washington.edu/darla/RADAR/SAR/SNAPSHOTS/uASAR_05022012_115500CH1_image532376_-9.kmz. The width of … Read More
Day 3 of Drifter Releases
Yesterday (May 3rd) was the 3rd day of SIO drifter releases. It was quite interesting. We released again on an ebb tide near channel marker 8. This time we released drifters in pairs (except for the last 3) separated by 1 minute. With 33 drifters it took 17 minutes. The reason for time separation was to see how that might … Read More
Traykovski WHOI Quadpod deployment
Yesterday (May 2nd) we deployed two quadpods in the old and new channel (near the outer most red can channel marker #4) at the locations in the linked kml These are 7′ tall frames that have the upper ~2 exposed at low tide and are submerged by ~2′ at high tide. They have various downward aimed sensors to measure flow, … Read More