Atlas-B： Development and Testing of a Brazilian Deep-Ocean Moored Buoy for Climate Research  

作　　者：Edmo J.D. Campos Carlos A.S. Franca Francisco L. Vicentini Neto Luiz V. Nonnato Alberto R. Piola Leonardo Barreira Rick Cole Paulo Nobre Janie Trotte-Duha 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory for Modeling and Observation of the Ocean, Institute of Oceanography, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo05508-120, Brazil [2]Naval Hydrographical Service and University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C12 70ABV, Argentina [3]IPqM (Research Institute of the Brazilian Navy), Rio de Janeiro 21931-095, Brazil [4]RDSea International, St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706, USA [5]INPE (National Institute for Space Research), CPTEC (Center for Climate Research and Weather Prediction), Cachoeira Paulista12630-000, Brazil [6]MCTI(Brazilian Ministery for Science, Technology and Innovation), Brasilia 70067-900, Brazil

出　　处：《Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering》2014年第5期140-151,共12页船舶与海洋工程（英文版）

摘　　要：The PIRATA-SWE （Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic-Southwest Extension） was conceived in the early 2000s to gather observations necessary to improve the understanding of the variability of ocean-atmosphere interactions in the SACZ （South Atlantic Convergence Zone）, which are believed to influence South American climate. To properly monitor the SACZ, the preliminary design for the PIRATA-SWE array considered the mooring of four buoys, with the southernmost one in the sub-tropics. In 2005, three buoys were deployed in the tropical region. Four years later, in 2009, efforts were started to assemble and deploy a Brazilian prototype of the TAO/PIRATA Atlas （autonomous temperature line acquisition system） buoy-the Atlas-B. Finally, in April 2013 the first Atlas-B, nicknamed ＂Guariroba＂, was moored for a testing period at 28.5° S, 44° W, which is the site originally planned for the fourth PIRATA-SWE buoy. In early November 2013, after being detected adrift, the buoy with the upper 700 m part of the mooring line was rescued in an emergency operation. In June 2014, the bottom part was successfully recovered. A new deployment is planned for late 2014. This paper describes part of the learning process of adapting and building the Atlas-B buoy and presents a brief discussion of the data collected during the pilot deployment.

关 键 词：Atlas-B Buoy PIRATA Southwest Atlantic hurricane Catarina SACZ. 

分 类 号：P715.2[天文地球—海洋科学] TS118.7[轻工技术与工程—纺织材料与纺织品设计]