[Sensor_Name: Short_Name='TIDE GAUGES']
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Measurements of the tide level, current, temperature and salinity of McMurdo Sound and examination of the biological biomass in the water column
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K007_1970_1974_NZ_1
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A measurement of the tides and currents in McMurdo Sound was conducted over several seasons. Current measurements were first made in McMurdo Sound by Hodgson (1907) during the stay of the Discovery in Winter Quarters Bay in 1902-1903. Further measurements were made in the 1950s with the establishment of both McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Current measurements made in the late 1950s and early ...
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Start Date:
1970-12-21
Stop Date:
1971-02-09
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This was an early collection of current, temperature and salinity data by the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute now the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). The results are in the publications and will be archived by NIWA.
Please contact: Dennis Gordon NIWA Private Bag 14901 Wellington, New Zealand Phone +64 4 386 0300 Fax +64 4 386 2153 Email: d.gordon@niwa.co.nz Data Set Progress
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Heath, R.A. 1971 Circulation and hydrology under the seasonal ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 5(3/4): 497-515
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2009-06-18
Last DIF Revision Date:
2009-06-19
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