XCP (Expendable Current Profiler) Data From the Gulf of Cadiz Expedition: R/V Oceanus Cruise 202.

摘要

This report is the reference volume and data summary for expendable current profiler (XCP) data obtained during the Gulf of Cadiz Expedition, R/V Oceanus Cruise 202, 4-28 September 1988. The objectives of this expedition were to observe the vortices shed in the wake of Ampere Seamount, to survey eddies (Meddies) formed by the Mediterranean outflow near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, and to study the structure and dynamics of the outflow plume west of the Strait of Gibraltar. In addition to XCP drops, XBTs, XSVs, and XDPs were deployed and CTD stations were taken during the cruise. During the Ampere Seamount component of the expedition, a radar transponder was moored, and four drifting buoys were tracked. Velocity and temperature profiles from expendable current profilers (XCPs) were obtained. This report describes the instrumentation used, discusses data acquisition and processing methods, and presents the resulting velocity and temperature profiles. (AW)