COASTAL OCEAN PROCESSES EXPERIMENT

The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
E-Mail: chapman@tesla.jhuapl.edu

COPE was a major experiment performed off the Oregon Coast in 1995 to examine the use of radars to remotely sense the surface expressions of internal waves. Several radars viewed the sea surface from land, a CODAR system measured current, several moorings were deployed to measure internal waves as they propagated towards shore, and a ship was used to perform CTD and ADCP measurements. In addition, R/P Flip was moored offshore with a wide variety of in situ and remote sensors and several aircraft and a blimp were used as platforms for making radar measurements.

NOAA/ETL was the lead organization for this experiment. Queries regarding the experiment or data products from the experiment should be forwarded to Dr. Robert Kropfli at ETL (E-Mail: rkropfli@etl.noaa.gov. This site has been made available here at JHU/APL to distribute some of the data that were acquired by JHU/APL.

Participating Institutions:

NOAA/ETL

JHU/APL

NPS

UW/APL

WHOI

IOS

U Colo

Data Timelines

Days 272-3

APL Video Data

Description

Data

USE POLICY: This web site is maintained for the use of participants in the COPE program. The contents of this site include raw data and preliminary analyses which, pending publication, are considered properietary by the program participants. The availability of these data and analyses on this web site does not imply permission for anyone outside the program to use these data. Permission must be obtained from NOAA/ETL and the individual investigator before anyone uses these data for research purposes outside the scope of the COPE program.