The Ocean Archive System searches our original datasets as they were submitted to us, not individual points or profiles. If you want to search and retrieve ocean profiles in a common format, or objectively analyzed fields, your better option may be to use one of our project applications. See: Access Data
Insttypes edit history for: 239: page: 1 of 1
| Query returned: 2 records: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
insttypes_id |
Metadata version |
Code |
Term |
Description |
| metadata |
239 |
0 |
|
oceanic dropsonde |
The dropsonde float is a free falling instrument that records the temperature, conductivity, pressure and average current velocity in a vertical column of water. The instrument is dropped into the ocean at a known position. It descends at a constant rate to the bottom; weights are released on bottom contact, and then the instrument ascends to the surface. The distance between the drop point and the point were the instruments first surfaces, represents the total vertically accumulated drift during the period of descent and ascent. |
| metadata |
239 |
1 |
|
oceanic dropsonde |
The oceanic dropsonde, or dropsonde float, is a free falling instrument that records the temperature, conductivity, pressure and average current velocity in a vertical column of water. The instrument is dropped into the ocean at a known position. It descends at a constant rate to the bottom; weights are released on bottom contact, and then the instrument ascends to the surface. The distance between the drop point and the point were the instruments first surfaces, represents the total vertically accumulated drift during the period of descent and ascent. |