Accession Number:

ADA048731

Title:

Synoptic Observations of the Oceanic Frontal System East of Japan.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Cheney,Robert E.

Report Date:

1977-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

Seven flights were made east of Japan in October 1976. The Kuroshio and Oyashio fronts and nine eddies generated by them were studied from continuous measurements of surface temperature by airborne radiation thermometer. AXBTs, XBTs and STDs provided subsurface temperature profiles. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
• *OCEANS
• AIRBORNE
• JAPAN
• INFRARED IMAGES
• PACIFIC OCEAN
• SURFACE TEMPERATURE
• SONAR SIGNALS
• SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• COLD FRONTS
• INFRARED RECONNAISSANCE

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Seismology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE