Internal wave climate off South West Approaches (1982)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Defence Evaluation Research Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 11 to 20 September 1982 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | South West Approaches, deep water south of European Continental Shelf |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Side-scan sonar; Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Satellite positioning systems; thermistor chains; sidescan sonars |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises a thermistor chain trial in deep water south of the European Continental Shelf, to assess the internal wave climate in the upper 200m. Navigation data were also collected. Data were collected by the Applied Oceanography Section of the Sonar Performance Division at DRA, Portland. Data are stored in the DRA archive system and have been processed to the DRA standard MIDAS user data file format. The data have been screened for format and data errors and corrected to produce a 'clean' data set. |
| Originators | Defence Evaluation Research Agency |
| References | Geddes, N.R. (1993) Measured Data Sets held by DRA Sonar Performance Division (1993)., Report DRA/US/USSF/TM93201/1.0 |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Defence Evaluation Research Agency |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Dr. Graham Jackson |
| Address | Defence Evaluation Research Agency |
| Telephone | +44 1305 212763 |
| gjackson@dera.gov.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1025001 |
| Global identifier | 311 |
| Last revised | 2009-05-22 |
