Re: NOAA AXBT buoy data for Sandy
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/27/2012, 6:22 am
Airborne eXpendable BathyThermographs (AXBTs)

Might help to know what they are. They are released from the aircraft.

"The AXBTs transmit sea surface temperature versus depth as the thermistor sinks through the water column. AXBTs provide key information about ocean temperature (an important factor in determining the possible strength a hurricane may reach)."

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/HRD-P3_exp.html
http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/instrumentation.htm

"An expendable instrument that is dropped from an aircraft and used to measure the profile of temperature in the water column. The probe consists of a thermistor in a weighted, streamlined case. It falls freely at a fixed, known rate so that the elapsed time can be converted to depth. It is connected by a thin, freely unwinding wire to a small buoy with a radio transmitter through which the data are transmitted to the aircraft, which continues its flight. (c) 1999, American Meteorological Society. Used with permission."
From: http://www.hurricanescience.org/glossary/


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