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MAFOS: A Simple Tool for Monitoring the Performance of RAFOS Sound Sources in the Ocean.
König, Holger, Schultz Tokos, Kathy L. and Zenk, Walter (1991) MAFOS: A Simple Tool for Monitoring the Performance of RAFOS Sound Sources in the Ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 8 (5). pp. 669-676. DOI 10.1175/1520-0426(1991)008<0669:MASTFM>2.0.CO;2.
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Abstract
A low-cost underwater sound recorder has been developed and tested. It is designed to receive signals from sound sources that serve as navigation aids for RAFOS floats. This moored version of the RAFOS float (MAFOS) can monitor sound sources over many months and several hundred kilometers. It thus improves RAFOS navigation accuracy by enabling corrections for potential long-term clock drifts of the sound sources. MAFOS can also provide information on the local variation in the speed of sound due to natural hydrographic variability. In a first test, this usefulness has been proven and a warm, salty inhomogenity that traveled through a sound-source mooring array in the Iberian Basin has been observed.
Document Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | MAFOS; RAFOS; R.V. Poseidon; POS172 |
Research affiliation: | OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-PO Physical Oceanography |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Access Journal?: | No |
Publisher: | AMS (American Meteorological Society) |
Projects: | SFB133 |
Expeditions/Models/Experiments: | |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2016 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2020 09:58 |
URI: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31970 |
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