AXBT Measurements in the Iceland-Faeroe Frontal Zone, June 1989

Abstract

In summer 1989, extensive shipboard oceanographic measurements were made in the Norwegian and Iceland Seas by the SACLANT Undersea Research Centre. In support of this, two sets of RP-3A aircraft flights collected 180 AXBT (air deployed expendable bathythermograph) depth-temperature profiles in the Iceland- Faeroe Frontal Zone between Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. The first two flights took place on 7 and 8 June 1989, and the second flight on 19 June. This technical note describes the experimental plan and the data acquisition and processing techniques used and presents the resulting data in graphical and tabular form.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236751

Entities

People

  • J. D. Boyd

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Tomography
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Drops
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.