Report on the U.S. Program for the International Geophysical Year July 1, 1957 - December 31, 1958 (1965) / Chapter Skim
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OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM Page A Organization of Technical Panel on Oceanography 335 B
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OCEANOGRAPHY B Summary of Panel Action 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY The main discussions of the Working Group centered around the carbon-dioxide program and four objectives were stated: a) atmospheric assay, b)
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OCEANOGRAPHY 6. Geochemical Program.
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OCEANOGRAPHY C Project Objectives and Results 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.1 - Sea Level Studies, P a c i f i c 1. Objectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY a. Sea l e v e l v a r i a t i o n s i n the South P a c i f i c were measurably smaller than those i n the North.
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OCEANOGRAPHY TABLE I SIO ISLAND OBSERVATORIES DURING IGY Name Tide Gauge St e r i c Obs Point Barrow 1/I/56-31/XII/59 I n t e r m i t t e n t 1956 to present La J o l l a (SIO) 1/VIII/57-31/III/59 Kona, Hawaii Canton Isl a n d Johnston Isl a n d Fanning 8/VIII/57-14/H/58 4/IX/57-27/VIII/58 Palmyra 22/VII/57-7/VIII/58 11/IX/57-3/VIII/58 J a r v i s 19/VIII/57-23/XI/57 18/IX/57-6/X/58 Guam Permanent*
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Id 6 0.« /t\C6 o.vMc I Figure 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.2 - Oceanic C i r c u l a t i o n and Geophysics, P a c i f i c 1. Ob.iectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY DOWNWIND EXPEDITION OCTOBCR, 19ST - nBRMftT, I9S8 .
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ON ON SAN 0IE6O ^_^HAWAIIAN IS GALAPAGOS IS Dolphin measurements o Roberts meter ond hydrographic station O Anchored buoy HORIZON HUGH M SMITH Previous measurements A HUGH M SMITH (1952)
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OCEANOGRAPHY flow followed a very d e f i n i t e p a t t e r n i n r e l a t i o n to ocean bottom topography and t h i s has stimulated some new ideas on c r u s t a l s t r u c t u r e and tec t o n i c phenomena. Several major features of the ocean f l o o r were explored and mapped i n d e t a i l , i n c l u d i n g the South American Trench, the Nasca Ridge, and the East P a c i f i c Rise (also c a l l e d the Albatross Plateau)
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OCEANOGRAPHY H.W. Menard and C.J.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.3 - Sea Level Studies, A t l a n t i c 1. Obiectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY appears f e a s i b l e to forecast p o t e n t i a l l y damaging storm surges i n the islands of the Lesser A n t i l l e s . Observations from the Texas Tower No.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.4 - Oceanographic and Geophysical I n v e s t i g a t i o n s - A t l a n t i c 1. Objectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Figure 4. IGY Cruises R
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OCEANOGRAPHY a l l aspects of the i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n the waters adjoining t h e i r own countries. I n ad d i t i o n , Hellmuth Sievers of Chile and Nestor G r a n e l l i of Argentina were assigned by t h e i r navies to duty at Lament Geological Observatory, where they very e f f e c t i v e l y assisted i n the reduction and analysis of the data j o i n t l y obtained.
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OCEANOGRAPHY C.L. Drake, R.W.
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OCEANOGRAPHY G.W. Mead: "Bathvpterois Pectmatus.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.5 - Oceanographic Survey of the A t l a n t i c Ocean 1. Objectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY w i t h expected v e l o c i t i e s , below t h i s layer motion was measured to the southwest, w i t h v e l o c i t i e s ranging between 2.6 and 9.5 cm/sec. At 2800 meters depth v e l o c i t y increased to between 9.7 and 17.4 cm/sec.
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OCEANOGRAPHY F.C. F u g l i s t e r : "Oceanographic Data from CRAWFORD Cruise 10 Obtained f o r the IGY 1957-58." Woods Hole Oceanographic I n s t i t u t i o n P u b l i c a t i o n Ref.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.7 - Deep Current, P a c i f i c 1. Ob.iectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Y.R. Nayodu: "Volcanic Ash Deposits i n the Gulf of Alaska." Journal of Sedimentary Petrology ( I n press)
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.8 - Deep Current - A t l a n t i c 1. Obiectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Hugh J McLellan: "Data Report f o r Two IGY Cruises." A & M College of Texas, Dept.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.9 - Reduction of Bathythermograph Data 1. Obiectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.10 - CO2 and Radiochemistry Measurements 1. Objectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Raton, N.M. South Pole S t a t i o n , A n t a r c t i c a L i t t l e America S t a t i o n , A n t a r c t i c a Wilkes S t a t i o n , A n t a r c t i c a 3.
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OCEANOGRAPHY showed the occurrence of abnormal surface water concentrations of carbon-14, which i n the opinion of the i n v e s t i g a t o r s cannot be a t t r i b u t e d to chemical e f f e c t s during s t o r age. The v e r t i c a l mixing of surface water w i t h that from depth can r e s u l t i n v a r i a t i o n s m the C a c t i v i t y of surface water.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Project 9.11 - CO2 and Radiochemistry Measurements 1. Obiectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY and analysis procedures have been published by Broecker, Tucek, and Olson (1959)
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OCEANOGRAPHY f o r the deep P a c i f i c . These residence times are defined as the mean number of years a water molecule remains at depth before r e t u r n i n g to the surface.
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VO MIXING ISOLATION -150 1 200» 400 ATMOSPHERE SURFACE OCEAN MIXING 1 DEEP OCEANn t^J I J . HYPOTHETICAL INDUSTRIAL EFFECT -L 300 200 100 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT 8 Figure 9.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Owing to the lower t r i t i u m content of the South A t l a n t i c waters, a r e v i s i o n of the n a t u r a l production r a t e estimate of t r i t i u m i s being c a r r i e d out. This w i l l be published together w i t h d e t a i l s of the data summarized here ( G i l e t t i , i n preparation)
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.12 - Radiochemistry of Sea Water and COj A n a l y s i s of the Atmosphere 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY i n d i c a t e a marked tendency f o r the CO- peaks to occur i n the l a t e morning. There i s a l s o a tendency for these peaks to i n d i c a t e a more gradual slope on the r i s e to the high CO2 v a l u e s v s .
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OCEANOGRAPHY per u n i t a r ea of sea s u r f a c e i s much l a r g e r than has been found for land s u r f a c e . The i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h i s i s s t i l l open.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.13 - CO2 Measurement and Radiochemistry of Sea Water 1. Ob.iectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Dr. Yoshimi Morita has completed a n a l y s i s of these samples f or Fe, Cu and Zn.
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OCEANOGRAPHY Yoshio Sugiura, Edward R I b e r t and Donald W
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.14 - CO2 Measurements and Radiochemical A n a l y s i s of Sea Water 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY b. Published Papers.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.15 - S t e r i c Sampling Program - P a c i f i c 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.17 - A r c t i c I c e Reconnaissance 1. Ob.iectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.18 - A r c t i c Oceanography 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.19 - A r c t i c Sea I c e P h y s i c s 1.
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OCEANOGRAPHY 20 cm ( J u l y to Aug./Sept.)
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OCEANOGRAPHY a permanent c u r r e n t of about 3 cm s e c ' e x i s t s i n the region of the d r i f t of Alpha. T h i s would account f o r the above-normal d r i f t i n l i g h t winds.
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OCEANOGRAPHY P r o j e c t 9.20 - A r c t i c B a s i n Geophysics 1.
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l / J / 9 8 6/S/5T NOU The p o i i l l O R o f T-9 M r l b M i t of Pt B a r r o B h o t r t a a i i t c d eeailam f r o a j H l f I960 a s l i l dot*
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OCEANOGRAPHY a thermistor l i n e provided by WHOI was used f o r water temperature measurements to w i t h i n 0.01°C. The r e s u l t s of the oceanographic program have been published.
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OCEANOGRAPHY f. Miscellaneous Studies.
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OCEANOGRAPHY I.M. C o t e l l : "United States Research at D r i f t i n g Stations i n the A r c t i c Ocean." Polar Record, v o l .
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OCEANOGRAPHY An t a r c t i c Oceanography 1. Obiectives.
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OCEANOGRAPHY about 34.60% to 34.75%, and sigma-t from 27.80 to 28.00. Although i t was less than a month past midsummer (11 to 20 January)
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OCEANOGRAPHY 6. Bibliography.
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