A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995
This is the final data report of all acoustically tracked RAFOS data collected in 1993-1995 during A Mediterranean Undercurrent Seeding Experiment (AMUSE). The overall objective of the program was to observe directly the spreading pathways by which Mediterranean Water enters the North Atlantic. This...
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/322 2023-05-15T17:29:44+02:00 A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 Hunt, Heather D. Wooding, Christine M. Chandler, Cynthia L. Bower, Amy S. 8.5°W Portugal 1998-06 9367397 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1912/322 en_US eng Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-98-14 Hunt, H. D., Wooding, C. M., Chandler, C. L., & Bower, A. S. (1998). A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/322 doi:10.1575/1912/322 Hunt, H. D., Wooding, C. M., Chandler, C. L., & Bower, A. S. (1998). A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322 doi:10.1575/1912/322 Meddies Floats Mediterranean Water Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise Kialoa II (Ship) Cruise Endeavor (Ship: 1976-) Cruise Technical Report 1998 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322 2022-05-28T22:56:50Z This is the final data report of all acoustically tracked RAFOS data collected in 1993-1995 during A Mediterranean Undercurrent Seeding Experiment (AMUSE). The overall objective of the program was to observe directly the spreading pathways by which Mediterranean Water enters the North Atlantic. This includes the direct observation of Mediterranean eddies (meddies), which is one mechanism that transports Mediterranean Water to the North Atlantic. The experiment was comprised of a repeated high-resolution expendable bathythermograph (XBT) section and RAFOS float deployments across the Mediterranean Undercurrent south of Portugal near 8.5°W. A total of 49 floats were deployed at a rate of about two floats per week on 23 cruises on the chartered Portuguese-based vessel, Kialoa II, and one cruise on the R/V Endeavor. The floats were ballasted for 1100 or 1200 decibars (db) to seed the lower salinity core of the Mediterranean Undercurrent. The objectives of the Lagrangian float study were (1) to identify where meddies form, (2) to make the first direct estimate of meddy formation frequency, (3) to estimate the fraction of time meddies are being formed, and (4) to determine the pathways by which Mediterranean Water which is not trapped in meddies enters the North Atlantic. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. OCE-91-01033 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Grant No. OCE-91-00724 to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and by the Luso-American Foundation for Development through Grant No. 54/93 to the University of Lisbon. Report North Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Scripps ENVELOPE(-63.783,-63.783,-69.150,-69.150) Woods Hole, MA |
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This is the final data report of all acoustically tracked RAFOS data collected in 1993-1995 during A Mediterranean Undercurrent Seeding Experiment (AMUSE). The overall objective of the program was to observe directly the spreading pathways by which Mediterranean Water enters the North Atlantic. This includes the direct observation of Mediterranean eddies (meddies), which is one mechanism that transports Mediterranean Water to the North Atlantic. The experiment was comprised of a repeated high-resolution expendable bathythermograph (XBT) section and RAFOS float deployments across the Mediterranean Undercurrent south of Portugal near 8.5°W. A total of 49 floats were deployed at a rate of about two floats per week on 23 cruises on the chartered Portuguese-based vessel, Kialoa II, and one cruise on the R/V Endeavor. The floats were ballasted for 1100 or 1200 decibars (db) to seed the lower salinity core of the Mediterranean Undercurrent. The objectives of the Lagrangian float study were (1) to identify where meddies form, (2) to make the first direct estimate of meddy formation frequency, (3) to estimate the fraction of time meddies are being formed, and (4) to determine the pathways by which Mediterranean Water which is not trapped in meddies enters the North Atlantic. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation through Grant No. OCE-91-01033 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Grant No. OCE-91-00724 to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and by the Luso-American Foundation for Development through Grant No. 54/93 to the University of Lisbon. |
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Hunt, Heather D. Wooding, Christine M. Chandler, Cynthia L. Bower, Amy S. |
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A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 |
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A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 |
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A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 |
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A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 |
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A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995 |
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mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (amuse) : part ii: rafos float data report, may 1993-march 1995 |
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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1998 |
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North Atlantic |
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Hunt, H. D., Wooding, C. M., Chandler, C. L., & Bower, A. S. (1998). A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322 doi:10.1575/1912/322 |
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WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-98-14 Hunt, H. D., Wooding, C. M., Chandler, C. L., & Bower, A. S. (1998). A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/322 doi:10.1575/1912/322 |
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