Oceanographic Data Report for South West Pacific Cruises in the SEAMAP Series. Part 1. Summer Survey Data 1984 to 1987

Abstract

Six oceanographic surveys have been made in the south west Pacific Ocean on HMAS Cook from January 1984 to September 1987 as part of an investigation of physical and acoustical oceanographic parameters known as project SEAMAP. This report presents summer survey data for bathymetry, sea surface temperature, wind speed, sea state and swell, and from expendable bathy- thermograph (XBT) drops, and CTD and Nansen stations. Underway data are mostly presented as four-hourly discrete values on maps of ship track, forming a representative data set rather than a detailed analysis. (The summer survey tracks were also traversed in oceanographic winter; the winter data are presented in a separate report.) This report includes a reprint entitled: Temperature inversions at intermediate depths in the Antarctic intermediate waters of the south-western Pacific.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA236017

Entities

People

  • J. A. Boyle
  • L. J. Hamilton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Sets
  • Geography
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Ridges
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sea Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.