Accession Number:

AD0856924

Title:

ASWEPS Shallow Water Investigation - Virginia Capes Area

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Sep-Oct 1967

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION SERVICE

Personal Author(s):

• Fisher, Jr, Alvan

Report Date:

1969-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

Thermal structure of a rectangular area approximately 140 kilometers on a side contiguous to the Continental Shelf northeast of Cape Hatteras was investigated between 19 September and 13 October 1968. Major features included an area of warm 21C surface water inshore of the northern wall of the Gulf Stream and a strong sound channel impinging upon the Continental Slope. A subsurface temperature maximum was observed beneath warm surface water at 70 percent of all deepwater stations. Zero layer depths occurred at 56 percent of relatively cold 19C water stations over the Continental Shelf. These features persisted throughout the survey.

Descriptors:

• *SHALLOW WATER
• *THERMOCLINES
• TEMPERATURE
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
• CHESAPEAKE BAY
• UNDERWATER SOUND
• SALINITY
• PREDICTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE