Oceanographic and Weather Data for Ice Camp Crystal during the AREA 88 Experiment

• Main Author: Judd, R. R.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *SEA WATER; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; DEPTH; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; DATA ACQUISITION; WIND VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC DATA; UNDERWATER SOUND; SEA ICE; GREENLAND; SPRING SEASON; TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; AREA(ARCTIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES); ICE CAMPS; PE62314N; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA225076; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA225076

During March and April of 1988, the U.S, Navy conducted an AREA (arctic Research and Environmental Activities) experiment in the central Arctic to take and record environmental measurements of that arctic region. These measurements were CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) stations, ocean current, wind speed, air temperature, ice temperature, barometric pressure, and camp positions. CTD data were collected to about 700 meters, providing information to calculate sound-speed profiles. In addition, a time series, showing internal-wave activity, was collected at 181 meters. In the CTD profiles, fine structure (steps) is seen. This structure occurs at about 2 meters above the temperature maximum (at around 280 meters) and at about 40 meters below the maximum. Wind speed ranged between calm and 15 meters per second. Ocean current and drift varied between less than 1 centimeter per second to 30 centimeters per second. To show their interrelationship, wind speed, ocean current, and drift are analyzed.