Coastal Transition Zone Pilot - 1987: Rapid Sampling Vertical Profiler Observations.

Abstract

The Coastal Transition Zone (CTZ) experiment was designed to investigate the characteristics of the transition region between coastal upwelling and open ocean off the west coast of North America. The special area of interest was off Northern California. The goals of this small-scale surveys were to examine in detail the evolution of a single feature and to determine its reaction to various forcing conditions. This report contains temperature salinity, sigma-t and dissipation profiles from the Rapid Sampling Vertical Profiler for six transects as part of the CTZ pilot experiment, June 1987. Keywords: Oceanographic data; Thermistors; Sea water temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182961

Entities

People

  • Douglas R. Caldwell
  • James N. Moum
  • Melora M. Park

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Data Acquisition
  • Drops
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • North America
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Polystyrenes
  • Tank Guns
  • Transitions
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.