Iceland-Faroes frontal zone, eastern North Atlantic

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

Meteorological packages; bathythermographs; CTD; current profilers; thermistor chains

The data were collected during a follow-on to the Iceland-Faroes 1985 experiment to investigate the Iceland-Faroes frontal zone during its early summer phase. Data were collected by the Applied Oceanography Section of the Sonar Performance Division at DRA, Portland. Thermistor chain, sea surface temperature, XBT, meteorology, navigation and ADCP data are stored in the DRA archive system and have been processed to the DRA standard MIDAS user data file format. These data, with the exception of the ADCP data, have been screened for format and data errors and corrected to produce a 'clean' data set. The CTD data are also stored in the division archive, but have not been screened and only 10 per cent are stored under the MIDAS system. The thermistor spar data are stored as paper records.

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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