IMET Meteorological Sensor Evaluations of the IMET System

伍兹霍尔海洋研究所将分析和公布在NSF项目中收集的数据，该项目为期三年，旨在改进船舶和浮标的气象测量。这项WOCE长期开发计划的目标是提高船舶和浮标在较长时间内进行的气象和海气通量测量的准确性、可靠性和可用性。该计划的主要重点是改进用于这些测量的传感器，评估其准确性，并减少进行这些测量的错误。改进后的传感器产生了气压、降水、湿度、进入的长波辐射、空气温度、海温以及风速和风向。分析和发布这些长期传感器数据将为研究界提供用于海上的各种型号传感器性能的完整描述。此外，IMET系统软件和硬件将被记录下来，以便向商业供应商和研究团体转让技术。

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will analyze and publish data that has been collected over a three year period on an NSF project to improve meteorological measurements from ships and buoys. The goal of this WOCE long-lead time development program was to improve the accuracy, reliability and availability of meteorological and air-sea flux measurements made over extended time periods from ships and buoys. A major focus of the program was to improve the sensors used for these measurements, evaluate their accuracy, and reduce errors in making those measurements. Improved sensors have resulted for barometric pressure, precipitation, humidity, incoming longwave radiation, air temperature, sea temperature and wind speed and direction. Analyzing and publishing this long-term sensor data will provide the research community with a full description of sensor performance for various models available for use at sea. Additionally, IMET system software and hardware will be documented for purposes of technology transfer to commercial vendors and the research community.