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PROCESSING OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA

BY

E. C. LAFOND

Contents

Part  I : Processing Procedures

Processing of Continuous Temperature and Salinity Data

Bathythermograms

Other Continuous Records

Determination of Final Values of Serial Temperature and Salinity Data

Thermometer Corrections

Depth

Values at Standard Depths

Computation of Dependent Quantities

Specific Volume and Specifie Volume Anomaly

Density and Sigma-T

Relative Currents

Examples of Processed Serial Temperature and Salinity Data

Observed Sea Data

Temperature and Depth Calculations

Dynamic Calculations

Oceanographic Data Summary

Horizontal Charts and Vertical Sections

References

Part II : Oceanographic Tables

Expansion Correction, Protected Thermometers

Temperature Difference, Protected Thermometers

Expansion Correction, Unprotected Thermometers

Specific Volume of Sea Water, and Stated Values of Pressure

Temperature-Salinity Term, of the Anomaly of Specific Volume For Values of Temperature and Salinity

Temperature-Depth Term, of the Anomaly of Specific Volume For Values Of Temperature And Depth

Salinity-Depth Term, of the Anomaly of Specific Volume For Values of Salinity and Depth

Sigma-T For Values of Temperature- Salinity Term, of the Anomaly of Specific Volume

Temperature-Salinity Term, of the Anomaly of Specific Volume For Values of Sigma-T

Sigma-T For Values of Temperature and Salinity

Geopotential Distances, From the Sea Surface to Stated Isobaric Surfaces in Sea Water of Salinity and Temperature

Current Factor, For Values of Latitude

Length of One Degree of Latitude and Longitude, and Ratio Latitude to Longitude For Each Degree Latitude

Part III : Oceanographic Tables-Continued

Sound Velocity in the Sea, For Values of Latitude, Tempera-Ture, Salinity, and Pressure

Electrical Conductivity of Sea Water, For Values of Temperature and Salinity

Velocity Conversions-Knots to Centimeters Per Second-Centi-Meters Per Second to Knots

Depth Conversions-Fathoms to Meters-Meters to Fathoms-Feet to Meters-Meters to Feet

Temperature Conversion-Centigrade to Fahrenheit-Fahrenheit to Centigrade

Distance Conversion-Nautical Miles to Kilometers- Kilometers to Nautical Miles

Freezing Point of Sea Water, For Values of Salinity

Prep./ Fatma Essam
Manage./ Huda Hosny