Vertical Profiles of Temperature, Salinity and Density from the NORPAX Pole Experiment,

Abstract

During the NORPAX Pole experiment of January-February 1974, 165 STD casts to 500 m depth were made from R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON in an area of 100 km radius surrounding 35 deg N, 155 deg W. Temperature data from these casts, together with ship and aircraft XBT data in the same area, have been used to describe the variability of the temperature field (Barnett, Knox and Weller, 1977). This report presents the final, corrected values of salinity and potential density, as well as temperature, from the SDT casts. In the case of the temperature field, there is no significant difference between the values reported here and those used by Barnett, Knox and Weller. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069062

Entities

People

  • Michael J. McPhaden
  • R. A. Knox

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Calibration
  • Conductivity
  • Contracts
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Data
  • Inversion
  • Isotherms
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Salinity
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.