Deep Ocean Optical Measurement (DOOM) Report on North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Cruises

Optical attenuation data collected during four Deep Ocean Optical Measurement (DOOM) program cruises from September 1968 to April 1972 are presented. Locales of operation included tracks in the North Atlantic about 450 nautical miles off the middle Atlantic coast of the United States and along the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matlack, Donald E.
Other Authors: NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Optics
*LIGHT TRANSMISSION
*SEA WATER
*OPTICAL PROPERTIES
TABLES(DATA)
CARIBBEAN SEA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
DEEP WATER
UNDERWATER LIGHT
NAVIGATION CHARTS
SCATTERING
TEMPERATURE
MEASUREMENT
ATTENUATION
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0782339
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0782339
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Summary:Optical attenuation data collected during four Deep Ocean Optical Measurement (DOOM) program cruises from September 1968 to April 1972 are presented. Locales of operation included tracks in the North Atlantic about 450 nautical miles off the middle Atlantic coast of the United States and along the trough north of the Greater Antilles between the Bahamas and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea from the Cayman trench south of Cuba through the Yucatan Strait into the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Mediterranean Sea from Greece to Gibraltar. Optical parameters, which are measured in-situ to all depths, are spectral attenuation coefficients at visible wavelengths in the transmission window and the volume scattering function also in the visible at 436 nanometers. See also Summary rept. dated Jan 1971, AD720685.

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