Physical oceanographic characteristics of the Nares Plain region of the western North Atlantic

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5215101

Riser, S C

This document is a summary and synthesis of physical oceanographic observations available from the Nares Abyssal Plain region of the western North Atlantic Ocean. The observations mainly include historical Nansen bottle data obtained from the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC); conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data and bottom radon data both taken during the Transient Tracers in the Ocean (TTO) experiment; and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) data, moored current/temperature meter data, and SOFAR float data all collected during POLYMODE. Several other, less complete, data sets have also been examined. These data sets have been combined in order to assess the overall physical oceanographic environment of the Nares Plain region.

• Research Organization: Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). School of Oceanography
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5215101
• Report Number(s): SAND-85-7186; ON: DE86000059
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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