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5. SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE EQUIPMENTS

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5-1. Earth Environment Dynamics

(1) Wind-Wave Simulation Facility   (2) Ocean Environment analysis system

( 1 ) Wind-Wave Simulation Facility

Contact : Atsuhiko Isobe

【 Wind-Wave Simulation Facility 】
Item Specification
wind flume length: 54 m; width: 1.5 m; height: 2 m
(standard water depth 1.2 m)
wind forward: 0 - 15 m/s
water temperature control room temperature - 35 ℃
【 Internal-Wave Simulation Facility with Wind Tunnel 】
Item Specification
wind flume length: 17 m; width: 0.6 m; height: 0.8 m (standard water depth 0.35 m)
wind forward: 0 - 15 m/s

( 2 ) Ocean Environment analysis system

Contact : Tomoharu Senjyu

【 Ocean observation instruments 】
Item Specification
ADCP and TRBM
ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler): Teledyne RDI Work Horse Sentinel (300 kHz, 600 kHz, 1200 kHz)

TRBM (Trawl Resistance Bottom Mount): Floatation AL200
Current meters, Releasers, and Buoys
AANDERAA current meters, Acoustic current meters, Electromagnetic current meters, Acoustic releaser, mooring buoys
Temperature-salinity meter Temperature-salinity meters with wiper (JFE Advantec)
Vertical microstructure profilers TurboMAP-L:500 m  TurboMAP 5:200 m
Satellite tracking Drifter Orbcomm buoys: Zenilite buoy (ZTB-R1S4), Zenilite wave buoy (3811095-1)
Salinometer Guildline PORTASAL 8410A
【 Database 】
Item Specification
Ferry boat monitoring data Current data across the Tsushima Strait measured by the ferry boats Camellia and New Camellia, from 1997.
HF Radar Surface flow data in the Tsushima Strait measured with the HF Radars: hourly, daily, and monthly currents data from February 2002. Monthly tidal constants are also available.
Past observation data by moored current meters
DREAMS data Flow, temperature, and salinity datasets in the East China and Japan Seas calculated by the RIAM Ocean Model. ( https://dreams-c1.riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ )
Tide data calculated by a 2-D tidal model (East Asia and Southeast Asia including the Japan, East China, and South China Seas, past 20000 years)
【 Numerical Model 】
Item Specification
RIAM Ocean Model 3-D Oceanic General Circulation Model developed in RIAM. Please contact Prof. Hirose.
Others GPS real time kinematic software: RTnet

 

 

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