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sary to deal with bottom contours and off- 

 shore upwelling frontal dynamics. 



The CUE-I data collection effort was im- 

 pressive. Continuous current measurements 

 were made from three types of buoy arrays 

 set up by Oregon State University, the Pacific 

 Oceanographic Laboratory (NOAA) and the 

 General Dynamics Corporation. Each buoy 

 supported a current meter array and instru- 

 ments to measure wind, temperature, salinity 

 and other parameters. Surface and subsurface 

 drogues were used to track short-term current 

 variations, and several shoreside meteorologi- 

 cal stations monitored the wind field just on- 

 shore. An aircraft, supplied by the National 

 Center for Atmospheric Research, was used 

 for rapid remote measurements of sea-surface 

 temperature, color and flight-level winds. 

 Earth satellite photographs and other weather 

 summaries for the CUE-I area were collected 

 and evaluated within the experimental model. 



Figure 28 Geographical location of MESCAL 

 and CUE experiments. 



Figure 29 CUE-I instrument array. Some of the advanced technological development used 

 in the 1972 physical-meteorological experiment off the Oregon Coast are show/n above. 

 From the left are: two point subsurface mooring of temperature, pressure & current meters 

 with surface meteorological buoy, acoustically tracked. Neutrally buoyant Vertical Current 

 Meter, subsurface mooring for Unattended Profiling Current Meter (also recording tempera- 

 ture pressure and salinity), surface drogue, Salinity-temperature-Depth recorder, telemetering 

 buoy with temperature & pressure sensors. The National Center for Atmospheric Research 

 aircraft on remote sensing flight is shown at top left. 



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