Abstract
Analysis techniques are introduced that allow for estimation of potential sounding uncertainty due to water mass variability from reconnaissance campaigns in which oceanographic parameters are measured at a high temporal and spatial resolution. The analysis techniques do not require sounding data, thus analyses can be tailored to match any survey system; this allows for pre-analysis campaigns to optimize survey instrumentation and sound speed profiling rates such that a desired survey specification can be maintained. Additionally, the output of the analysis methods can potentially provide a higher fidelity estimation of sounding uncertainty due to water mass variability than uncertainty models in common use.
Department
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Publication Date
11-2009
Journal Title
International Hydrographic Review
Pages
20-38
Publisher Place
Lemmers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher
International Hydrographic Organization
Document Type
Journal Article
Recommended Citation
Beaudoin, Jonathan; Calder, Brian R.; Hiebert, J; and Imahori, Gretchen, "Estimation of Sounding Uncertainty from Measurements of Water Mass Variability" (2009). International Hydrographic Review. 481.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/481