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Bermuda Testbed Mooring. BTM 1994- Present Also, HALE-ALOHA HOT site Ongoing. Autosub. Dickey et al., 2001. Seasonal Cycles as Perturbed by Eddies and Hurricane Passages at BTM Site. Dickey et al., 2001. Tracks of Hurricanes In North Atlantic Since 1851 Since 1995.
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Bermuda Testbed Mooring BTM 1994- Present Also, HALE-ALOHA HOT site Ongoing Autosub Dickey et al., 2001
Seasonal Cycles as Perturbed by Eddies and Hurricane Passages at BTM Site Dickey et al., 2001
Tracks of Hurricanes In North Atlantic Since 1851 Since 1995
Events at the Bermuda Testbed Mooring Site Dickey et al., 1998a,b, 2001a; McGillicuddy et al., 1998; McNeil et al., 1999; Zedler et al. 2002
Hurricane Fabian • Hit Bermuda as Category 3 hurricane on Sept. 5, 2003. • Worst hurricane to strike Bermuda since 1926, winds ~ 100 kts (50 m/s). • 8 people died • $300 M damage to Bermuda. BTM *
Current Response of Hurricane Fabian Using BTM’s ADCP September 3 - 19, 2003 1-hour ave. 3-m vert. bins SeaWinds Dickey et al.
Hurricane Fabian Sediment Flux Event Maureen’s sed. Time series and the satellite image here Bermuda OFP BTM sites Maureen Conte
Upper Ocean Response to Hurricane Bonnie: 1998 SST SeaWiFS Color Babin, Carton, Dickey, and Wiggert, 2004