STD, current meter and underway airborne and ship temperature data across front east of Malta (1971) during MAYFROST project
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | SACLANT Undersea Research Centre |
| Country | Italy  |
| Time period | May 1971 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | A network of 133 stations covering the frontal system east of Malta |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Current meters |
| Description | |
| Summary | A cooperative program was arranged with Laboratorio per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse, which supplied ART instrumentation and with the US Navy Sixth Fleet, which provided a Lockeed P3 aircraft. Study of an oceanographic front east of Malta was made in May 1971 using both a ship and an airborne radiation thermometer. |
| Originators | SACLANT Undersea Research Centre |
| Data web site | http://www.saclantc.nato.int |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | SACLANT Undersea Research Centre |
| Availability | Academic |
| Contact | Michel Rixen |
| Address | SACLANT Undersea Research Centre |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Local identifier | OGS-EDMED-168 |
| Global identifier | 3806 |
| Last revised | 1993-01-08 |
