Seasonal Oceanographic Studies in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Tressler, Willis L., Ommundsen, Audun M.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1962
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; (*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS); SEA WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE GEOLOGY; MARINE METEOROLOGY; MCMURDO SOUND; Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Sound; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0863504; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0863504

The report contains a series of oceanographic stations taken at an icehole 3 miles offshore in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica during the austral winter of 1960-1961. Data on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, current, and bottom sediment are presented along with notes on marine life. Appendix A contains a tabulation of oceanographic data for 28 stations and Appendix B, the analysis of 14 bottom sediment samples. (Author)