Operation Guiding Light-Scientific Program and Field Plan. The Pilot Field Experiment for NORDA Project Chemical Dynamics in Ocean Frontal Areas.

This document describes the scientific program and field plan for operation GUIDING LIGHT, the pilot field experiment for the NORDA project Chemical Dynamics in Ocean Frontal Areas. The study area for GUIDING LIGHT is the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of the United States. The o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiesenburg,D A
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY)
*CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
SHIPS
UNITED STATES
COASTAL REGIONS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
DYNAMICS
PILOTS
FIELD TESTS
PLANNING
SURFACE WATERS
SPACE SHUTTLES
SAMPLING
GULF STREAM
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
*Guiding light operation
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA153765
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA153765
Description
Summary:This document describes the scientific program and field plan for operation GUIDING LIGHT, the pilot field experiment for the NORDA project Chemical Dynamics in Ocean Frontal Areas. The study area for GUIDING LIGHT is the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of the United States. The operation will be conducted from 18 April to 10 May 1985. The fronts to be examined during this pilot experiment are the Gulf Stream front and shelf-slope front off New England. GUIDING LIGHT will employ rapid sampling and analytical capabilities to measure chemical-biological-physical variations in surface waters at these frontal boundaries, Both shipboard and remotely sensed observations will be made. The field operation will be conducted from one ship (USNS BARTLETT), three aircraft, and the space shuttle (STS 51-B). Participates in GUIDING LIGHT include investigators from the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of California, Texas A & M University, Old Dominion University, Florida State University, University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Texas.

Similar Items