AN APPLICATION OF NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT TO INLAND WATERS

An important platform of the Navy oceanographic research and development effort is the Antisubmarine Warfare Environmental Prediction Services (ASWEPS) oceanographic aircraft. This aerial oceanographic capability has been applied in the public interest to a survey of Lake Michigan. An aerial survey...

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Main Authors: Wilkerson, John C, Ropek, John F
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
C-121 AIRCRAFT
GREAT LAKES
Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
INSTRUMENTATION
ISOTHERMS
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKE WAVES
MAPPING
REFLECTION
SOLAR RADIATION
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
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Summary:An important platform of the Navy oceanographic research and development effort is the Antisubmarine Warfare Environmental Prediction Services (ASWEPS) oceanographic aircraft. This aerial oceanographic capability has been applied in the public interest to a survey of Lake Michigan. An aerial survey of the lake on a 10-mile latitudinal track spacing was accomplished in the 8 1/2 hours and provided a near-synoptic sea surface temperature data block. The analysis shows a distinctive packing of isotherms along the western side of Lake Michigan, revealing a large-scale feature about which little was known and should provide a strong clue to general circulation of the lake. Supplementary information obtained during this survey included surface wave profiles, incoming and reflected solar radiation, meteorological observations, and precision cartographic photography of selected nearshore areas. (Author) Presented at the Tenth Conference on Great Lakes Research and the First Meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, 10-12 Apr 67 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.