NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHY

• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1952
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING; *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA STATES; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; CLOUD COVER; ICELAND; PATTERNS; OCEAN SURFACE; RECONNAISSANCE; Atka; Edisto; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0016970; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0016970

Cruises of the Atlantis, Kevin Moran, Caryn, Bear, USS Atka, and USS Edisto are reported. The publication of the 200-m temperature chart of the North Atlantic is discussed. The chart is expected to serve as the starting point in the development of synoptic oceanography. A discussion is presented of the possibility of correlating major, visual slick patterns and changes in the sea state and cloud cover with the sea-surface temperature and current patterns. Descriptions are also presented of the ice reconnaissance program of Iceland and the development of oceanographic instruments.