Arabian Sea mixed layer dynamics experiment mooring recovery cruise report
Subtitle: R/V Thomas Thompson Cruise Number 52, 14 October-25 October 1995
By: by William M. Ostrom ... [et al.].
Contributors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Upper Ocean Processes Group.; Thomas Thompson (Ship)
Series: WHOI -- 96-11.; UOP technical report -- 96-02.; UOP report -- 96-02.; WHOI (Series) -- 96-11.
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Deep-sea moorings.; Oceanographic instruments.; Arabian Sea.
Other titles: R/V Thomas Thompson Cruise Number 52, 14 October-25 October 1995.; Arabian Sea mixed layer dynamics experiment, mooring recovery cruise report, R/V Thomas Thompson Cruise Number 52, 14 October-25 October 1995.; Mooring recovery cruise report, R/V Thomas Thompson Cruise Number 52, 14 October-25 October 1995.
Description: An array of surface and subsurface moorings was deployed in the Arabian Sea to provide high quality time series of local forcing and upper ocean currents, temperature, and conductivity in order to investigate the dynamics of the ocean's response to the monsoonal forcing characteristic of the area. The moored array was first deployed during R/V Thomas Thompson cruise number 40; recovered and redeployed during R/V Thomas Thompson cruise number 46 and recovered to conclude the deployment during R/V Thomas Thompson cruise number 52. The array was part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded Arabian Sea experiment. This report describes, in a general manner, the work that took place during the R/V Thomas Thompson cruise number 52. A detailed description of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) surface mooring and its instrumentation is provided. Information about the XBT and CTD data and near surface temperature data collected during the cruise is also included.
Notes: Technical report.

Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through Grant No. N00014-94-1-0161.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).

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