Results of Environmental Measurements on the North-West Shelf and Eastern Indian Ocean (April-May 1979).

Abstract

Oceanographic and meteorological results from RANRL Cruise 1/79 to the east Indian Ocean are presented. The oceanographic data for the Australian North-West Shelf show that over the shelf and slope there were both surface and bottom well-mixed layers, separated by a sharp thermocline and that in the vicinity of Rowley Shoals there was considerable variability in temperature profiles. Also in this region many of the temperature profiles off the shelf has a step-like structure. There appeared to be a southward current over the continental slope. The meteorological results often revealed the presence of small inversions at a height of approximately 100 m above the sea and showed that a sea-breeze at the coast was not felt 80 km or more out to sea. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA088312

Entities

People

  • Phillip J. Mulhearn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Continental Shelves
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Filter Paper
  • Filters
  • Humidity
  • Indian Ocean
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Breeze
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.