Iceland-Faroes frontal zone, Denmark Strait

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

Meteorological packages; bathythermographs; CTD; satellite positioning systems; current profilers; thermistor chains

The data set resulted from a thermistor chain survey in support of the ERS-1 two year programme (1991/1992) to investigate the radar imaging of complex ocean frontal regions. Data collected included thermistor chain, navigation, surface meteorology, XBT, CTD, shipborne ADCP and wind speed and direction. Data were collected by the Applied Oceanography Section of the Sonar Performance Division at DRA, Portland. Thermistor chain, XBT, navigation and meteorology data are stored in the DRA archive system and have been processed to the DRA standard MIDAS user data file format. All of the navigation and meteorological data and half of the thermistor chain and XBT data have been screened for format and data errors and corrected to produce a 'clean' data set. The CTD, ADCP and sonic anemometer data are also stored in the division archive.

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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