OPERATIONS DEEP FREEZE 63 AND 64 SUMMER OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE ROSS SEA.

• Main Authors: Countryman,Kenneth A., Gsell,William L.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; (*OCEANOGRAPHY; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS); (*HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING; ANTARCTIC REGIONS); OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; DEEP FREEZE OPERATION; ROSS SEA; Antarctic; Austral; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; Atka; Edisto; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0638176; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0638176

Oceanographic observations were conducted aboard USS EDISTO (AGB-2) during DEEP FREEZE 63 and USS ATKA (AGB-3) during DEEP FREEZE 64. Emphasis was focused on the distribution of water masses in the Ross Sea and the identifying physical characteristics of each type. NAVOCEANO personnel obtained data...