Environmental Guide for ASW in Eastern Canadian Shallow Waters. Part 2: Environmental Data

• Main Author: Normand, Daniel
• Other Authors: ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLL VICTORIA (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Meteorology; Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Surface Transportation and Equipment; Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare; Acoustic Detection and Detectors; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *BATHYMETRY; *MARINE BIOLOGY; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; *MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; THICKNESS; OCEAN WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; CANADA; MASS FLOW; VISIBILITY; FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY); SHIPPING; ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE; SEDIMENTS; WATER MASSES; OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; SALINITY; COMMERCIAL FISHING; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; STORMS; FREEZING; SHALLOW WATER; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; THESES; ICE FORMATION; WIND ROSES; FOREIGN REPORTS; Canada; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA265902; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA265902

This document includes environmental data for the following topics: (1) Bottom features such as bathymetry, sediment types, physiographic provinces, false targets, and magnetic anomalies; (2) Climatology data for wind, visibility, air temperature, precipitation, sea ice, and icing; and (3) Oceanographic data including waves, currents description, sea surface temperature, water masses and fronts, and temperature. Other topics relevant to antisubmarine warfare are discussed in this report. Some of these include marine biology, commercial shipping and fishing and acoustics.