In-situ Measurements of Ocean Surface Waves from Air-Deployed Directional Wave Spectra Drifters

Team Members

Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory (LDL), Scripps Inst. of Oceanography (SIO),UC San Diego (UCSD)

• Dr. Luca Centurioni
• Dr. Verena Hormann

MRV Systems, LLC

• Dr. Neil Bogue

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

• Dr. Steven Jayne

NOAA/AOML

• Dr. Rick Lumpkin

US Naval Academy, Oceanography Department

• Dr. Capt. Elizabeth Sanabia

Univ. of Miami/CSTARS

• Dr. Charles L. Vincent

Team Objectives

Provide data needed for understanding the storm dynamics important to coastal impacts through targeted observations of storm surge, inundation, rain and winds.

Air-deployed sensors for flexibility in data gathering relative to modeling needs

Mixed-layer data to provide vertical structure and aid in analysis of dynamics

Simultaneous offshore wave and sea level pressure measurements

Scientific analysis and interpretation of the data

Data-model comparison

Newest Updates

Centurioni

October 16, 2023

Project Scientists Deploy Wave Buoys from NRL P3

As part of the NHCI response to Hurricane Lee, researchers in collaboration with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron (VXS-1) airdropped wave buoys from a P3 aircraft on Thursday, September 14th, 2023.

Centurioni

October 7, 2022

Directional Wave Spectra Drifter Array Measures Massive Waves on Hurricane Ian’s Approach
by Martha Schönau, Luca Centurioni, Steve Jayne, and Elizabeth Sanabia.