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
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| wind flume | length: 54 m; width: 1.5 m; height: 2 m (standard water depth 1.2 m) |
| water temperature control | room temperature - 35 ℃ |
| 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
| 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 |
| Salinometer | Guildline PORTASAL 8410A |
| 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 to 2019. 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-c2.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) | |
| 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 |
