. Caribbean current survey : spring 1953. Ocean currents. I. INTRODUCTION Between Ik March and $ May 1953 the USS PURSUIT made a current survey in the northern Caribbean area bounded by Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica, The of 21 oceanographic stations (numbers 13-21, 33-k2> U9 and 50)1 and 50 Geomagnetic Electrokine- tograph (GEK) observations. In support of this survey the USS SAN PABLO took 3 anchor stations and 69 GEK observations in the area during the period 29 May to 9 June 1953. The RV ATLANTIS (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel) also took 116 GEK ob
. Caribbean current survey : spring 1953. Ocean currents. I. INTRODUCTION Between Ik March and $ May 1953 the USS PURSUIT made a current survey in the northern Caribbean area bounded by Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica, The of 21 oceanographic stations (numbers 13-21, 33-k2> U9 and 50)1 and 50 Geomagnetic Electrokine- tograph (GEK) observations. In support of this survey the USS SAN PABLO took 3 anchor stations and 69 GEK observations in the area during the period 29 May to 9 June 1953. The RV ATLANTIS (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel) also took 116 GEK observations in the area between 18 March and 13 April 1953. Dynamic height anomalies were computed from the oceanographic station data. Current patterns determined from dynamic topography are shown for the surface, 100-, 500-, and 1,000-meter levels relative to a reference level of 1,200 meters (figs. 1-U). The figures, with the exception of Windward Passage, show little change in the current pattern of horizontal flow to a depth of 1,000 meters, The current pattern at the surface with reference to U00 meters (where comparatively stable conditions were found) is shown in figure 5. A comparison of figures 1 and 5 shows that the greatest changes take place within the upper U00 Fig. 1. Current pattern at surface determined from dynamic topography relative to T,200-meter level 1 Station data are available at the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keen, D. Jean; Chimiak, Walter; United States. Hydrographic Office. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office
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