Optical Measurements with Related Chemical, Biological, and Physical Parameters from the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean: NOAA Ship Discoverer Cruise RP-9-DI-84

Abstract

This report summarizes data collected by NORDA's optical oceanography program on a north-south transect of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 14 stations from the surface to a depth of 2900 meters. Parameters presented here include conductivity, temperature, salinity, transmissometry, fluorometry, chlorophyll and phaeopigments, total suspended matter, particle size and nutrients (phosphate, silicate, nitrate, and nitrite). Data are reported as vertical profiles (to 250 m), temperature-salinity plots, and tables of measured and derived values. Collection and analytical procedures are also described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174388

Entities

People

  • David F. Reid
  • Irene P. Depalma

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Chemistry
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Longitude
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Salinity
  • Universities

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Oceanography.