Hydrographic data from the OPTOMA program
Subtitle: OPTOMA20: OPTOMA20 P, 16 March 1986 :  OPTOMA20 leg MI, 24 March - 3 April 1986 : OPTOMA20 leg MII, 7 -5 [i.e. 15] April 1986 : OPTOMA20 leg D, 25 April - 6 May 1986
By: by Melissa L. Ciandro, Paul A. Wittmann, Arlene A. Bird, Christopher N.K. Mooers
Contributors: Wittman, Paul A.; 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: 1986
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
Other titles: NPS-68-86-008.
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 System 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 in two subdomains, NOCAL and      CENCAL, Three cruises were undertaken during March, April and May 1986: two (Legs Ml      and Mll) on the NOAA ship Mc AUTHOR, one (Leg D) on the USNS DE STEIGUER. In      addition, one P-3 overflight (Leg P) was made one week before the first cruise. Leg P, on 16      March, sampled a domain approximately 240km square centered about 280 km off the coast      between Pt. Arena and Cape Mendocino, with additional transects from and to San      Francisco, Leg Ml was carried out from 24 March to 3 April (Figure 8), Leg Mll from 7 to      15 April (Figure 20), and Leg D from 25 April to 6 May (Figure 32). Each cruise sampled      the same domain as Leg P. On these cruises, oceanographic stations were occupied at      approximately 18km along each track.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-68-86-008."

"November 1986."

AD A176 795.

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