Oceanographic Cruise Summary Unitas IX Cruise Around South America, July to October 1968

Abstract

Oceanographic operations were conducted aboard U.S. Navy ships during the UNITAS IX cruise around South America. The cruise began in mid-July and lasted until the end of October 1968. Six Nansen cast stations were taken in tropical regions close to the coast of Brazil, and bathythermograph and bathymetric observations were made throughout the cruise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0851316

Entities

People

  • Louis A. Codispoti

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bathythermographs
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Classification
  • Confluence
  • Expendable
  • Isotherms
  • Observation
  • Oceanographic Equipment
  • Oceanography
  • Regions
  • Salinity
  • Sea Water
  • Security
  • South America
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Tropical Regions

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.