DEEP-SEA LIGHT ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS AT 2,000-METER DEPTHS,

Abstract

The null-balance transmissometer (NBT) is an instrument being developed to measure the volume attenuation coefficient of light in the sea to depths of 2,000 meters. In earlier tests (AD-613 017), the operation of the NBT was tested in its working environment to depths of 700 meters. In this report, the first deep sea tests of the NBT, in which measurements were made to the 2,000-meter maximum depth capability of the instrument, are documented. The tests were conducted at 10 locations in the North Pacific from the Aleutian Islands to the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Archipelago. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0626409

Entities

People

  • Gary D. Gilbert

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aleutian Islands
  • Archipelagoes
  • Attenuation
  • Coefficients
  • Environment
  • Islands
  • Landforms
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Transmissometers

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering