University of Miami

The University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, brings extensive expertise in the areas of shallow water acoustic propagation and scattering, radar remote sensing, air/sea interactions and small scale physics of fluids. A variety of advanced instrumentation is available and will be used at the natural laboratory of the South Florida Testing Facility.

A 132-element 3-dimensional low frequency receiver array for propagation and scattering experiments will be permanently installed in 200 meters depth with data carried to shore by fiber-optic cables. An autonomous broadband coherent source with transmission levels up to 200 dB covering the frequency range from 100 to 3200 Hz in octave steps can be moored along the 200 meters contour out to a range of 100 km and then transmit for 2 weeks under battery power. Arrays of self-recording temperature sensors moored along the propagation path will monitor the sound speed field.

Atmospheric and ocean surface radar systems installed on shore can observe the wind profiles (Doppler profiler) and the surface currents and wave spectra (Ocean Surface Current Radar, OSCR). A UM spar buoy moored at depths out to 200 meters give directional surface wave spectra of a location that can be observed from below with high frequency imaging sonar and from above with shore based radar. An observation of the small-scale variability is accomplished with high resolution ADCPs, cyclesonde, and conventional moored instruments, all cabled to shore.

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If you would like additional information, please contact:

Mr. Tom Metz, Detachment Director, South Florida Testing Facility Telephone: (954) 926-4000 Fax: (954) 926-4031