The benthic boundary layer experiment on the Hatteras Abyssal Plain : current and temperature observations
Citable URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9623DOI
10.1575/1912/9623Keyword
Ocean currents; Ocean temperatureAbstract
The near bottom density and velocity fields above the Hatteras
abyssal plain were observed with a current/temperature measuring array
and a towed-yo-yoing profiler. This report describes the array data and
includes details of calibration and data quality. Sources of direction
error were diagnosed from vane and compass performance and bearing direction .
Collections
Suggested Citation
Spencer, A., D’Asaro, E. A., & Armi, L. (1981). The benthic boundary layer experiment on the Hatteras Abyssal Plain: current and temperature observations. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/9623Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Momentum, mass, heat, and vorticity balances from oceanic measurements of current and temperature
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1975-07)The local dynamics of low-frequency motions in the MODE region are investigated from three arrays of moored measurements of current and temperature. Tests for lowest-order balances of horizontal momentum, mass, heat, heat ... -
More than 50 years of successful continuous temperature section measurements by the global expendable bathythermograph network, its integrability, societal benefits, and future
(Frontiers Media, 2019-07-24)The first eXpendable BathyThermographs (XBTs) were deployed in the 1960s in the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1967 XBTs were deployed in operational mode to provide a continuous record of temperature profile data along repeated ... -
A simple model for the short-time evolution of near-surface current and temperature profiles
(2004-12-21)A simple analytical/numerical model has been developed for computing the evolution, over periods of up to a few hours, of the current and temperature profile in the upper layer of the ocean. The model is based upon ...
