Some Oceanographic Observations on Operation HIGHJUMP

• Main Author: Dietz, Robert S
• Other Authors: NAVY ELECTRONICS LAB SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1948
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *BIOLOGY; *GEOLOGY; *OCEANOGRAPHY; ALGAE; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; CONVERGENCE; DEEP SCATTERING LAYERS; ICEBERGS; INTERNAL WAVES; LAYERS; MEASUREMENT; OCEAN BOTTOM; OCEANS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANKTON; SALINITY; SCATTERING; SEA ICE; SEA WATER; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENCIES; VISIBILITY; HIGHJUMP OPERATION; Antarctic; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADB217561; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADB217561

*CONTENTS* INTRODUCTION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC: Thermal Structure of the Surface Layers, Sea Surface Temperatures, Antarctic Convergence, Depth of the Surface Layer as an Indication of Currents, Internal Waves, Temperature and Salinity, Sea Water Transparency Measurements, Antarctic 'Seeing', and Icebergs and Sea Ice; GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS: Antarctic Sea Floor Sediments, Some Pacific and Antarctic Sea Floor Features, and Ice-Free Areas in Antarctica; BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS: Biota, Marine Plankton Diatoms on Operation HlGHJUMP, Natural Slicks in the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, and Deep Scattering Layer in the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans; and BIBLIOGRAPHY.