The Oceanographic Cruise of the USCGC BURTON ISLAND to the Marginal Sea-Ice Zone of the Chukchi Sea - MIZPAC 77.

Abstract

This report presents the data and briefly describes the oceanographic results of a cruise to the marginal sea-ice zone of the Chukchi Sea during the period 24 July to 6 August 1977. The distribution and intensity classification of temperature finestructure is described. Plots of temperature, salinity, density, and sound speed are presented for each station. A detailed discussion of salinity spike removal and data editing routines is included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053556

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Paquette
  • Robert H. Bourke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Cassettes
  • Chukchi Sea
  • Digital Data
  • Drops
  • Equations
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sampling
  • Schools
  • Sea Ice
  • Thermoclines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies