Hydrographic data from the OPTOMA program
Subtitle: OPTOMA21 : 7-20 July 1986
By: by Paul A. Wittman, Melissa L. Ciandro, Arlene A. Bird, Christopher N.K. Mooers
Contributors: Ciandro, Melissa L.; Bird, Arlene A.; Mooers, C. N. K.(Christopher N. K.); Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Oceanography
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: SEA WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS)
Other titles: NPS-68-87-001.
Description: The OPTOMA (Ocean Prediction Through Observation, Modeling and Analysis) program, a joint NPS/Harvard program sponsored by ONR, seeks to understand the mesoscale (fronts, eddies, and jets) variability and dynamics of the California current systems and to determine the scientific limits to practical mesoscale ocean forecasting. To help carry out the aims of this project a series of cruises has been planned two subdomains, nocal and cencal. Optoma21 was a multidisciplinary study which took place from 7 to 20 July 1986 aboard the R/V Point Sur in the nocal domain. In addition to conducting a quasi- synoptic CTD/XBT mapping of a cool anomaly, meandering jet, and eddy system, measurements were made to determine: 1) the fine scale variability of the upper ocean mass and velocity fields; 2) the upper ocean nutrient, optical and phytoplankton fields; and 3) the structure of the zooplankton population. In this report, the CTD/XBT data are presented.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-68-87-001."

"January 1987."

AD A176 638.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 53).

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