Data from the Optical Dynamics Experiment (ODEX) R/V Acania Expedition of 10 October thru 17 November 1982. Volume 1. CTD and Optics Profiles (Temperature, Salinity, Density, Sound Speed, Optical Beam Attenuation, Fluorescence, and Dissolved Oxygen)

Abstract

Between 10 October and 17 November 1982, the R/V Acania occupied 184 scientific stations in the eastern N. Pacific Ocean to observe spatial variability in optical, physical, biological and chemical properties of sea water. This expedition was part of the Optical Dynamics Experiment (ODEX). The experimental objective of ODEX is to characterize vertical distributions of optical properties in the open ocean, and their associations with vertical distributions of temperature, salinity, density, phytoplankton pigment concentrations, nutrient concentrations, and primary productivity: these are the ingredients needed to initialize and test 1-dimensional model predictions of changes in vertical optical propagation in response to atmospheric and radiation forcing of the upper ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176289

Entities

People

  • David Menzies
  • Hasong Pak
  • James A. Stockel
  • James L. Mueller

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Attenuation
  • Birds
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Data
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Oceanography.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.