Iceland-Faroes frontal zone, Denmark Strait, North Atlantic

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

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

The data set resulted from the UK oceanographic contribution to the NATO MILOC survey RESOLUTE SUPPORT/ MEASURED STRIDE. Data collected included thermistor chain, navigation, meteorology, sea surface temperature, XBT, CTD, shipborne ADCP and upward looking sonar. Data were collected by the Applied Oceanography Section of the Sonar Performance Division at DRA, Portland. Thermistor chain, sea surface temperature, navigation and meteorology 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 CTD data are also stored in the division archive, but have not been screened and are not stored under the MIDAS system. The ADCP data have been converted to the MIDAS format but only 20 per cent of the data have been screened.

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

Defence Evaluation Research Agency
Winfrith Technology Centre
Winfrith
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United Kingdom