Observations of Thermal Structure in the Central Pacific,

Abstract

The ultimate goal of this field program, called AIRPAC, in conjunction with other programs in NORPAX, is to describe and quantitatively explain the observed temporal and spatial fluctuations of the near-surface thermal field. A knowledge of why the subsurface temperature patterns change and their relation to sea surface temperature anomalies, could have a direct bearing on climate forecasts. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034357

Entities

People

  • M. H. Sessions
  • P. M. Marshall
  • T. P. Barnett

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Data Displays
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Data
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Intervals
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Navigation
  • Oceanography
  • Salt Water
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Theoretical Analysis.