Subduction in the Subtropical Gyre: Seasoar Cruises Data Report

• Main Authors: Pallant, Julie S., Bahr, Frank B., Joyce, Terrence M., Dean, Jerome P., Luyten, James R.
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Marine Engineering; Recording and Playback Devices; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *DATA ACQUISITION; *NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; *WATER MASSES; *TOWED VEHICLES; DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; GRAPHS; PRESSURE; EARTH CRUST; CHARTS; PLATE TECTONICS; SALINITY; READ ONLY MEMORIES; EVOLUTION(DEVELOPMENT); TRACER STUDIES; *SUBDUCTION; ARI(ACCELERATED RESEARCH INITIATIVE); ADCP(ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILES); STAR PATTERNS; SEASOAR CRUISES; MULTIMEDIA(CD- ROM); MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; BOBBER FLOATS; Ari; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA286861; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA286861

The overall objective of the Subduction Accelerated Research Initiative (ARI) was to bring together several techniques to address the formation and evaluation of newly formed water masses. The Seasoar component provided surveys of temperature and salinity to help determine the spatial variability of...