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Olaf Boebel and Olaf Boebel and EberhardEberhard FahrbachFahrbach,,AWIAWI--Bremerhaven, GermanyBremerhaven, Germany
Floats in Floats in Polar OceansPolar Oceans
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Floats in Polar Oceans: Strategy
Development of a system for bipolar use in the Antarctic because of easier conditions: 80% of ice melts in summer1. priority: measurements of water mass properties by profiling floatsFloats are part of a comprehensive system of observations which can be realised stepwise. On each level useful data can be obtainedPrototype system will be available during IPY 2007/2008
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1999-2004: 49 Antarctic profiling floats by AWI
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Profiles transmitted
~ 50% wintertime float failures !
4/9
7/13
4/15
5/11
failures/total
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Causes for missing profilesIce coverage – no transmissionFloat destruction
Causes for float destructionFloat damaged when surfacing under ice?Float damaged when trapped within ice?Energy (program trapped during ascend or descend attempts) ?
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Trapping mechanisms: Detection from ice maps and float behaviour
500 km in 35 days ~ …… ~ 17 cm/s
Higher velocities are associated with data gaps……remains to be tested.
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Working hypothesis:
Floats are likely to be damaged when surfacing within partially ice-covered region (during the onset of winter).
It is not sufficient to detect ice on top of float when surfacing
Local statement – neglects ice drift during time at surface (ARGOS transmissions)Energy budget and costs limit potential sensors for ice detection
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Alternative approach
Determine likeliness of ice presence by considering near-surface temperature profileExploit wintertime surface thermostatIntegral statement on ice conditionsNo need of additional sensor
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Temperature algorithm
T = -1.79 °C braces missing profiles
Median (T|p=(50,45,40,35,30,25,20 dbar) ≤ -1.79 °C):
-> abort surface attempt
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Test: springtime CTD temperature profiles
CTD profiles and ice observations from Polarstern
red:ice coverage > 6
black:ice coverage ≤ 5
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Temperature profiles by detection flag
green:ice detected (7)
red/dashed:ice not detected (6)
blue:detected but no ice (1)
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Median temperature by detection flag
green (7):ice detected
red (6):ice not detected
blue (1):detected but little ice
black (16):no detection, little ice
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austral winter
Float summary
: float bloom
: float die off
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AWI_040
-1.78 -1.76
Float AWI 040
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-1.76 -1.45
AWI_047 Float AWI 047
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Maud Rise PilotExperiment2003 - 2004
3 Standard Sosos(260 Hz, 80s)9 RAFOS floats
5 surfaced600 – 700 km Minimum rangein winter
MARE
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Ice sensing algorithm (ISA)
RAFOS Interim storage
Checks temperature in upper 50m, ascent aborted if near freezing
Provides subsurface profile position when surfacing impossible
Provides delayed mode profile when surfacing impossible
Tested successfully in 2002/3 with 3 and 2003/4 with 13 APEX floats, about 80% survival rate.
Tested in 2003/4 with 5 RAFOS floats: tracking range at least 600 km throughout season.5 APEX currently on deployment
- no tests yet –
Now standard for all AWI float orders (APEX and NEMO)
To be ordered for 2004/5 season: 15 (ger. ARGO) & 5 (MERSEA) APEX.
Ordered for 8 NEMO
Present status
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Further progressExtent algorithm
Evaluate Arctic conditionsConsider coupled abort conditions:T, S, t, position
Float technologyBuild NEMO (Navigating European Marine Observer) Add GPS receiver and use “missing downlink condition” to abort surfacing attemptsSave all profiles for delayed downloadIncrease data transmission speedUse acoustic navigation
Install acoustic data transmission
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Hybrid Arctic Float System HAFOS
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Components of HAFOS75 profiling floats (15 deployments per year)Depth range: 25 m to 1000 mAcoustically tracked and transmission of reduced data set: 10 inflection pointsIn open water full data transmission by satellite link5 to 10 sea ice drifters (2 redeployments per year) with bi-directional acoustic and satellite communicationshallow CT sensors5 to 10 moored bases (5 redeployments every second year) withbi-directional acoustic and satellite communicationdeep profiling CTDshallow profiling CTD
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The HAFOS concept ………………How to extend ARGO into predominantly ice covered oceans?
Use SOFAR floats in the Arctic Ocean,tracked by autonomous listening stations (ALS),
Add T/S profiling capability to floats,which transmit profiles’ EOF parameters acoustically,using time delay method.
Sporadic high resolution direct data dump (DDD) when surfacing is possible.
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Conclusion: Successful and future steps towards HAFOS
Determination of the range of the SOFAR under iceMARE: Maude Rise Pilot Experiment studies SOFAR/RAFOS ranges with and without sea ice coverage at Maude Rise, Weddell Sea during Jan 2003 to Feb 2004.Ranges of 600 – 700 km were found in the Weddell Sea.Floats detect and avoid iceAPEX & NEMO: ARGO type profiling floats modified to estimate likeliness of sea ice and to abort surfacing.80% of floats survived the first winter.Combine systems of floats, ice drifters and mooringsTransmit data by acoustics