The FNWF Ocean History Information Retrieval System (FOHIRS).
Abstract
The Fleet Numerical Weather Facility Ocean History Information Retrieval System (FOHIRS) in an automated digital file of oceanographic data designed for the needs of FNWF. It is an extension and refinement of the FNWF Historical Ocean and Ocean Climatology automation program and was designed primarily to satisfy support requirements for ASW forecasts and exercise reconstructions. In addition to its operational applications, it can be of considerable value to research oceanographers who require historical oceanographic data. The principal input to FOHIRS is some 65 years of Nansen cast station data obtained from the National Oceanographic Data Center. To this base are added bathythermograph data, ocean summaries, and hand extracted marine geophysical survey data, each identified by its source code. This technical note outlines the status and coverage of the data to date. A brief description and listing of the computer programs with examples of the data output formats are included. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- ADA072857
Entities
People
- G. M. Griswold
- K. G. Richards
- S. W. Selfridge
- W. C. Woodworth