Physical Oceanography Report. Helicopter-Based STD Data from MIZEX 83 (Marginal Ice Zone Experiment).
Abstract
During the 1983 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX 83) located in the Fram Strait, both ship and helicopter-based C/STD's were used to define the finescale and larger oceanographic structures within the operational area. This technical report outlines the acquisition and data reduction programs for the 120 helicopter-based stations taken during that time period. Very little manipulation was done to the data to finalize it, since both helicopter C/STD's showed very little deviation from pre- and post-cruise calibrations. The only exception was the calibration equation offsets for conductivity on both instruments. For these offset determinations, bottle and intercalibration data were used to define the coefficients. Response time of the temperature sensor was corrected for thermal lag constant until descending and ascending parts of the cast on a T-S diagram were nearly congruent. Standard level listings of temperature, potential temperature, salinity, sigma-t, specific volume anomaly, dynamic height, and sound velocity are given for each cast along with plotted profiles of temperature, salinity and sigma-t.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA145848
Entities
People
- D. Camp
- K. Hunkins
- T. O. Manley
- W. Tiemann
Organizations
- Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory