Oceanographic Cruise Summary, Ross Sea, Antarctic, February 1968

During February 1968, a two-phase operation was conducted in Antarctica by NAVOCEANO personnel. The first phase was a study of the currents in the McMurdo Sound region, and the second phase consisted of occupying the annual ice potential stations in the Ross Sea in support of NAVOCEANO's Antarc...

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Main Authors: Car, Martial, Codispoti, Louis A.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEANOGRAPHY
DATA PROCESSING
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
INSTRUMENTATION
PARACHUTES
SALINITY
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
SEA ICE
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
MOORING
PARACHUTE DROGUES
ROSS SEA
Antarctic
Ross Sea
McMurdo Sound
Cape Bird
New Harbor
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0847324
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Summary:During February 1968, a two-phase operation was conducted in Antarctica by NAVOCEANO personnel. The first phase was a study of the currents in the McMurdo Sound region, and the second phase consisted of occupying the annual ice potential stations in the Ross Sea in support of NAVOCEANO's Antarctic Ice Prediction Program. Current measurements were made by tracking drogues and by mooring self-contained current meter arrays. Preliminary analysis of the drogue data indicates that currents in McMurdo Sound conform generally with the scheme outlined in H.O. Pub. 27 except for a southwest instead of a northwest drift into New Harbor. The data also indicate that the Cape Bird current may have been leaving the coast farther south than described.

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