Deep Ocean Optical Measurement (DOOM) Report: Bahama Channels and North-Western Atlantic Ocean

Abstract

In situ optical attenuation data obtained during Deep Ocean Optical Measurement (DOOM) program cruises D and E in 1969 are presented. Locales of operation were for Cruise D the Florida Straits and the Providence channels of the Bahama Islands and for Cruise E the western Atlantic from a coastal area off the Virginia Capes to the waters of the Sargasso Sea 300 nautical miles east of the Bahamas. Optical data presented are surface to bottom measurements of spectral attenuation coefficients at visible wavelengths in the transmission window interval and the volume scattering function at a wavelength of 436 nanometers. Subsequent measurement cruises are briefly discussed and DOOM program progress is updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1972
Accession Number
AD0757332

Entities

People

  • Donald E. Matlack

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Deep Oceans
  • Drops
  • Gulf Stream
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optics
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sargasso Sea
  • Scattering
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Surface Waters
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Topography

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Spectroscopy.