Iceland-Faroes and Norwegian Current Frontal Zones, eastern North Atlantic

Bioluminescence parameters; Air pressure; Air temperature; Electrical conductivity of the water column; Wind strength and direction; Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column

Meteorological packages; sea level recorders; bathythermographs; satellite positioning systems; water body temperature sensor; current profilers; thermistor chains

The data set has resulted from an investigation into the thermal structure of the Iceland-Faroes frontal zone, to allow interpretation of the spatial complexity of the frontal zone in terms of acoustic propagation. In addition to the thermistor chain data, navigation, meteorological (paper records), sea surface temperature, XBT, CTD, expendable current profiler (XCP), bioluminescence and sea depth data were gathered. Data were collected by the Applied Oceanography Section of the Sonar Performance Division at DRA, Portland. Thermistor chain, sea surface temperature and navigation data are stored in the DRA archive system and have been processed to the DRA standard MIDAS user data file format. These data have been screened for format and data errors and corrected to produce a 'clean' data set. The XBT and sea depth data are also stored in the division archive, but have not been screened and are not stored under the MIDAS system.

Geddes, N.R. (1993) Measured Data Sets held by DRA Sonar Performance Division (1993)., Report DRA/US/USSF/TM93201/1.0

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