CHORDS: A New Temperature or Sound Speed Profile Thinning Algorithm.

Abstract

A new sound speed and temperature profile thinning algorithm especially designed for use with high vertical resolution (1 meter) conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) or expendable bathythermograph (XBT) digital data is described. The thinning operation can be halted once the desired number of output points is obtained or alternatively when a user-supplied tolerance value is reached. The new algorithm has the advantage of scanning the entire profile during each iteration. As a result, unlike other thinning algorithms examined, profile curvature at depth is retained. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145464

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  • Genevieve Kerr

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Celestial Brightness
  • Corporations
  • Curvature
  • Digital Data
  • High Resolution
  • Iterations
  • Losses
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Rotation
  • Splitting
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Translations
  • Transmission Loss

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  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.