Accession Number:

AD0752494

Title:

Environmental-Acoustics Atlas of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Marine Environment

Descriptive Note:

Special publication

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1972-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

282.0

Abstract:

The atlas, consisting of two volumes and a separately bound appendix, summarizes available acoustic and environmental data in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and in their Atlantic Ocean approaches between 10 degrees N and 30 degrees N and west of approximately 56 degrees W. This volume includes data on geomagnetic background, subbottom structures, wind, waves, rainfall, and currents.

Descriptors:

• *UNDERWATER SOUND
• *MEXICO GULF
• *CARIBBEAN SEA
• VELOCITY
• GEOMAGNETISM
• OCEAN WAVES
• OCEAN CURRENTS
• WIND
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• DEPTH FINDING
• THERMOCLINES
• ECHO RANGING
• OXYGEN
• OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• MAPS
• SALINITY
• MAGNETIC DETECTORS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE