Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
The overall objective of the Subduction Accelerated Research Initiative (ARI) was to bring together several techniques
to address the formation and evolution of newly formed water masses. The Seasoar component provided surveys of
temperature and salinity to help determine the spatial varability of the temperature, salinity and density fields in both the
active frontal regions and in the vicinity of subducting water tagged by bobbers. Data were collected in the eastern North
Atlantic Ocean in spring 1991, winter 1992, winter 1993 and spring 1994. "Star" patterns were used to study the mesoscale
varability. Temperature, pressure and thickness for each pattern were objectively mapped on potential density surfaces of
26.5, 26.7 and 26.9 kg/m3. Acoustic Doppler Current Profies (ADCP) maps were also created for the the two shallower
density surfaces. We describe the Seasoar data collected during the four cruises. A CD-Rom includes 1- and 3-second
conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD), cruise navigation, ADCP and Seasoar engineering data, as well as color figures of
these data. This data report can also be viewed using an internet information browser (i.e., Mosaic, Netscape) using the
provided CD-Rom.
Description:
Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through
Grants Nos, N00014-91-J-1585, N00014-90-J-1425. and N00014-90-J-1508.
Keywords:
Seasoar
;
Subduction
;
ADCP
;
Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise OC240-2
;
Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise OC250-3
;
Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise OC254-4
;
Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise OC258-3
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
Format:
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Format:
application/pdf
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