Operational use of Tiros/Argos system in international ice patrol
Abstract
The feasibility of using satellite trackable transmitters on buoys in order to measure the Labrador Current and the North Atlantic Current off the coast of Newfoundland was studied. Results would be used for warning mariners of the hazards presented by drifting ice and icebergs. The local user terminal is described and the handling of satellite tracked buoy data is depicted. Results show that a more sophisticated computer model which predicts iceberg drift can be implemented using satellite information.
- Publication:
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In CNES Data Collection and Location by Satellite 11 p (SEE N81-27170 18-15
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979dcls.conf.....M
- Keywords:
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- Argos System;
- Buoys;
- Ice Reporting;
- Ocean Currents;
- Tiros Operational Satellite System;
- Tracking (Position);
- Data Processing Terminals;
- Drift Rate;
- Feasibility;
- Icebergs;
- Ocean Data Acquisitions Systems;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles