OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 62, 1961-1962 MARINE GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS

U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office personnel recorded 60 oceanographic stations aboard BURTON ISLAND, GLACIER, and Eastwind. Of these, 59 were taken in the Ross Sea; the majority were occupied in the western and southern sectors. Station data included vertical distribution of observed temperatures, sa...

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Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*ARCTIC REGIONS
TEMPERATURE
REPORTS
OXYGEN
ICE
NAVAL RESEARCH
TABLES(DATA)
MAPS
GEOPHYSICS
SALINITY
OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
PHOSPHATES
OCEANOGRAPHY
GEOMAGNETISM
MEASUREMENT
DEEP FREEZE OPERATION
Arctic
Austral
Burton
Burton Island
Burton Island Glacier
Commonwealth Bay
New Zealand
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0462114
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0462114
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Summary:U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office personnel recorded 60 oceanographic stations aboard BURTON ISLAND, GLACIER, and Eastwind. Of these, 59 were taken in the Ross Sea; the majority were occupied in the western and southern sectors. Station data included vertical distribution of observed temperatures, salinities, and dissolved oxygens. Profiles of the observed physical and chemical properties of the water are presented. Densities, dynamic heights, and sound velocities were calculated by electronic computer for all stations. Water types in the Ross Sea are discussed. From the data presented, it is evident that warmer water from oceanic depths moves in over the continental shelf and extends as a wide tongue into much of the Ross Sea. The lateral and vertical extent of this warm-water penetration into the Ross Sea during the Austral summer is described. Measurements of the earth's total magnetic field intensity were recorded over approximately 10,000 miles of track on BURTON ISLAND. Nearly half of the collected data were obtained south of New Zealand. A detailed geomagnetic and bathymetric survey survey was conducted in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica. (Author)

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