Accession Number:

ADA210243

Title:

A Compilation of Digitized Satellite Imagery of the Gulf Stream (1982, 1983, and 1985)

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA

Personal Author(s):

• Earles, Jennifer
• Pratt, Lawrence
• Cornillon, Peter
• Cayula, Jean-Frencois

Report Date:

1988-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

109.0

Abstract:

Ninety plots of digitized temperature boundaries from infrared satellite images of the Gulf Stream along with corresponding image snapshots were compiled to determine stream width propagation speed. The satellite images are from the years 1982, 1983, and 1985 and are often of consecutive days. In this report, these images and digitized plots are presented.

Descriptors:

• *GULF STREAM
• *INFRARED IMAGES
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• WIDTH
• STREAMS
• PROPAGATION
• VELOCITY
• IMAGES

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE