Абстракт
The results of field measurements of coastal currents using Lagrangian mini-drifters are presented. Drifter experiments were conducted concurrently with satellite imaging
using Sentinel-2 MSI, Landsat-8 OLI and Sentinel-3 OLCI sensors. It is shown that the use of an inexpensive and simple to manufacture device, which is a mini-drifter, allows
obtaining operational information about the parameters of coastal currents. In the experiments of April-May, 2019, in the northeastern part of the Black Sea, it was possible
to estimate the velocity of coastal currents and determine the minimum distance that Black Sea Rim Current approached the coast. The trajectories of mini-drifters revealed
the manifestations of inertial oscillations whose spatial characteristics are almost impossible to measure in any other way. The influence of the vortex structures detected
in visible satellite images on the distribution of mini-drifters was estimated.
Ключевые слова
COASTAL CURRENT, INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS, LAGRANGIAN MINI-DRIFTERS, REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE, THE BLACK SEA