AXBT Observations of Tropical Pacific Ocean Thermal Structure during the NORPAX Hawaii/Tahiti Shuttle Experiment November 1977 to February 1978,
Abstract
From November 1977 to February 1978, thirteen round trips were flown aboard P-3 airplanes between Hawaii/Tahiti. The primary measurement program aboard these flights was the collection of air-expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) data along N/S flight tracks between 20 deg N and 17 deg S. Although flights were made as often as every other day for one week, the usual temporal sampling was once per week. A three-month time series of sixteen temperature sections was obtained along 150 deg W and a two-month series of ten sections was gathered from 158 deg W. This preliminary report displays the AXBT data collected during the P-3 flights. The text describes the methods and instrumentation used to collect the data, data processing, and finally the data display. Included are graphical presentations of each temperature section and various derived time series and statistical fields.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA060760
Entities
People
- Bernard Kilonsky
- Meredith H. Sessions
- Tim P. Barnett
- William C. Patzert
Organizations
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography