Mode Sofar Float In Situ Data Summary

Ten SOFAR floats were instrumented during the MODE field experiment to record pressure, temperature, and vertical water displacement during a four month drift. This report describes the acquisition and reduction of this data and then summarizes in graphical form some of the principal results.

This is a final report of SOFAR (Sound Fixing and Ranging) float trajectory data from MODE (Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment) for the period September 1972 through June 1976. It begins with a brief historical review and includes a summary of the steps involved in processing the data and computing the trajectories. The data is presented in three ways: 1. Time annotated trajectories on a Mercator projection; 2. Stick plots of float velocity as a function of time; and 3. A sequence of charts, each spanning ten days, showing the spatial relationship and relative motion of all floats. There is also a table of launch, recovery, depth, number of days tracked, average velocity, speed, and kinetic energy for each trajectory. (Author).

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