Abstract: Salinity-temperature-depth profilers measure temperature. directly but infer salinity from measurements of temperature, pressure and conductivity. Errors may therefore be introduced into the salinity data because of ...

Abstract: Hydrographic surveys were conducted off the Philippine coast in September 1987 and April 1988 as part of the United States/People's Republic of China cooperative research program. These cruises sampled the western Pacific ...

Abstract: An analysis of nine hydrographic sections collected in 1979?81 along 110°W in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is presented. Sections typically sampled the upper 500 m of the water column from 10°N to 3°S. Analysis concentrated ...

Abstract: The specifications and performance of a moored vertical profiling instrument, designed to acquire near-full-ocean-depth profile time series data at high vertical resolution, are described. The 0.8-m-diameter by 0.4-m-wide ...

Abstract: Finescale vertical wavenumber strain spectra (strain: normalized buoyancy frequency variability or vertical derivative of isopycnal displacement) are consistently less steep than shear spectra (shear: vertical derivative ...

Abstract: To close the global overturning circulation, the production and sinking of dense water at high latitudes must be balanced elsewhere by buoyancy gain and upward vertical motion. Hydrographic and microstructure observations ...

Abstract: We describe variability in the western Pacific Ocean during the 1986?87 El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, with emphasis on time series measurements of currents, temperature, sea level and winds near the equator ...

Abstract: The vertical dispersion of a tracer released on a density surface near 1500-m depth in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current west of Drake Passage indicates that the diapycnal diffusivity, averaged over 1 yr and over tens of ...

Abstract: The design and performance of a new style underwater frame for supporting instrumentation and water collection bottles used in hydrographic sampling is presented. Unlike a conventional frame that is fixed to the end of an ...

Abstract: irect measurements of turbulence levels in the Drake Passage region of the Southern Ocean show a marked enhancement over the Phoenix Ridge. At this site, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is constricted in its flow ...