The Subduction Experiment, Cruise Report, RRS Charles Darwin Cruise Number 73. Subduction 3 Mooring Deployment and Recovery Cruise 30 September-26 October 1992

Abstract

Subduction is the mechanism by which water masses formed in the mixed layer and near the surface of the ocean find their way into the upper thermocline. The subduction process and its underlying mechanisms were studied through a combination of Eulerian and Lagrangian measurements of velocity, measurements of tracer distributions and hydrographic properties and modeling. An array of five surface moorings carrying meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation were deployed for a period of two years beginning in June 1991 as part of an Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded Subduction experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265387

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey Sherman
  • Neil Mcphee
  • Richard P. Task
  • William F. Jenkins
  • William Ostrom

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Birds
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemistry
  • Depth
  • Digital Data
  • Electronics
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Instruments
  • Oceanography
  • Propeller Blades
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Panels
  • Surface Temperature
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.