Can SCAMP be used in a moored situation?
SCAMP’s main objective is to determine the turbulent rate of energy dissipation. This is done by matching observed temperature gradient spectra to theoretical Batchelor spectra for a passively transported scalar. Where matches can be found the dissipation is computed from kB. This method works well where the water is non-thermally uniform, but depends upon knowledge of the spatial distribution of temperature since the Batchelor spectral form is a function of wave number. Unfortunately, SCAMP can only measure temperature at fixed time intervals. The time-spaced interval is transformed to the distance-spaced interval required for Batchelor fitting by using SCAMP’s velocity through the water. Since SCAMP is a vertically profiling device, this velocity can be determined from the rate of change of hydrostatic pressure. In a moored situation some other method of determining velocity must be provided. Yes, you can moor SCAMP but it will not, of its own measurements, be able to determine dissi
