EAC 19, Rockaway, August-September 1967
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PART IV - OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM A. POSITIONS OF VARIOUS STATIONS SURVEYED 1. The general area surveyed, described as Track VII of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oceanographic Project, is shown on Enclosure 2 to this report. Specific positions of each station, together with times, type surveys made and the position accuracy estimated are attached as Enclosure 1. B. BATHY THERMOGRAPH PROGRAM 1. BT observations made: ENROUTE SURVEY AREA TOTAL 200° mechanical 0 0 0 450° mechanical 0 0 0 900° mechanical 0 10 10 Expendable BT (XBT) 19 256 275 C. HYDROCAST (NANSEN CAST) PROGRAM 1. Casts made: 500 meters 81 1000 meters 77 2. Deep (bottom) casts made 21 D. STD (SALINITY-TEMPERATURE-DEPTH) PROGRAM 1. 300 meter observations 49 2. 500 meter observations 133 3. 1000 meter observations 79 4. Total STD observations made 261 E. PLANKTON NET TOWS 1. Surface tows 156 2. Oblique double net tows 152 3. Micronekton tows 79 4. Total plankton net tows 107 F. SOUNDING PROGRAM 1. Number of miles of soundings enroute to and from area 5,278 2. Number of miles of soundings in survey area 8,723 3. Total number of miles of soundings 14,001