An Investigation of the Interaction Between the Gulf Stream and the New England Seamount Chain. Data Report.
Abstract
The data compiled in the report were collected on the twenty-second research cruise of R. V. KNORR, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, E. H. Hiller, master and bears on the interaction of the Gulf Stream and the New England Seamount Chain. The field project was conducted in three separate phases: (1) a rapid survey with expendable bathythermographs (XBT's) to locate and trace the path of the Gulf Stream; (2) the deployment of seven current meters in single meter moorings along a line perpendicular to the indicated Gulf Stream track upstream of the seamount chain, 200 meters off the bottom at depths of approximately 4800 meters; and (3) a hydrographic survey in the vicinity of the Kelvin and Atlantis II seamounts. In all, 211 XBT's were taken and 111 STD stations (with water samples) were occupied during the cruise. The bathymetry, read from fathometer records, was corrected for local variations in the vertical distribution of sound velocity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0767047
Entities
People
- Andrew C. Vastano
- Bruce A. Warren
Organizations
- Texas A&M University