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A New Small Drifter for Shallow Water Basins: Application to the Study of Surface Currents in the Muggia Bay (Italy)
Vincenzo ArmenioCarmelo Nasellosubject
geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryArticle Subject010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesMeteorologyOcean currentSettore ICAR/02 - Costruzioni Idrauliche E Marittime E IdrologiaDrainage basin010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesCurrent (stream)DrifterWaves and shallow waterOceanographyControl and Systems EngineeringFree surfacelcsh:Technology (General)Trajectorylcsh:T1-995Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentationBayCoastal Drifter Muggia Bay GPS CommunicationGeology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
A new small drifter prototype for measuring current immediately below the free surface in a water basin is proposed in this paper. The drifter dimensions make it useful for shallow water applications. The drifter transmits its GPS location via GSM phone network. The drifter was used to study the trajectory of the surface current in the Muggia bay, the latter containing the industrial harbor of the city of Trieste (Italy). The analysis has been carried out under a wide variety of wind conditions. As regards the behavior of the drifter, the analysis has shown that it is well suited to detect the water current since its motion is marginally affected by the wind. The study has allowed detecting the main features of the surface circulation within the Muggia bay under different meteorological conditions. Also, the study has shown that the trajectory of the surface current within the bay is weakly affected by the Coriolis force.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-30 |