Studies of Hydrophysical Processes during Monitoring
of the Anthropogenic Impact on Coastal Basins Using
the Example of Mamala Bay of Oahu Island in Hawaii

V. G. Bondur^a, N. N. Filatov^b, Yu. V. Grebenyuk^a, Yu. S. Dolotov^c, R. E. Zdorovennov^b,
M. P. Petrov^b, and M. N. Tsidilina^a

^a “Aerocosmos” Scientific Center for Aerospace Monitoring, Moscow, Russia

^b Institute for Water Problems of the North, Karelian Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia

^c Institute for Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: vgbondur@online.ru

Received November 18, 2006

Abstract—This paper presents the main results of processing the data obtained in the study of hydrophysical
processes during multidisciplinary monitoring of the anthropogenic impact on the coastal basin of Mamala Bay
(Oahu Island, Hawaii). The results of the hydrophysical measurements carried out in August–September of
2002–2004 using stationary moorings and dropped and towed ship sensors were analyzed as the initial data. On
the basis of these measurements, spatiotemporal, statistical, and spectral characteristics of different hydrophys-
ical parameters of the marine environment in the basin of Mamala Bay were calculated, including three-dimen-
sional components of the velocity vectors, the spectra of different components of velocities, the spectra of tem-
perature fluctuations, and the characteristics of internal waves. The variability of the temperature fields and the
correlation of the tidal phenomena with the temperature measurements and fluctuations caused by internal
waves were analyzed. The materials and methods of the oceanographic studies and the results of the analysis
of the meteorological and hydrological conditions are presented. The results obtained are used for a multidis-
ciplinary analysis of the satellite and sea truth data.

DOI: 10.1134/S0001437007060033

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