XBT and XSV Data from the Gulf of Cadiz Expedition: R/V Oceanus Cruise 202

Abstract

Temperatured profiles form expendable bathythermographs (XBTs) and sound speed profiles form expendable sound velocimeters (XSVs) were obtained form expendable sound velocimeters (XSVs) were obtained during leg 1 of the Gulf of Cadiz Expedition, 4-19 September 1988, from R/V Oceanus. XBTs and XSVx were deployed around Ampere Seamount and Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Salinity profiles have been calculated from simultaneously dropped pairs of XBTs and XSVs. This report describes the instrumentation used, discusses data acquisition and processing methods, and presents temperature, sound speed, and salinity profiles. Keywords: Salinity profiles; Gulf of Cadiz; Ampere Seamount; Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA213461

Entities

People

  • Mark D. Prater
  • Maureen A. Kennelly
  • Thomas B. Sanford

Organizations

  • University of Washington

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Backup Systems
  • Birds
  • Data Processing
  • Equations
  • Expendable
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Instrumentation
  • Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Portugal
  • Regions
  • Salinity
  • Seamounts
  • Universities

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