Geological Data Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2019). WEST11MV Westward Expedition Leg 11 - Cruise Report. In Data from Scripps Research Expeditions 1953-2005. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J02V2DF7

The principal task is to deploy approximately 40 seafloor instruments and 9 current meter moorings in an array spanning the northern (strongest) current jet associated with the antarctic circumpolar current (acc) to provide a sufficiently dense three dimensional array of measurements of currents and temperature to provide answers to questions concerning the important momentum energy balances in the acc

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• 1995-03-18 to 1995-04-14

• 2019

• Geological Data Center

• Luther, Douglas S.

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

• Melville (Research vessel)

• Geological Data Center

Science Party: Luther,Dr. D. - Chief Scientist - Univ. Of Hawaii :Watts,Dr. R. - Co-Chief Sci. - Univ. Of Rhode Island :Richman,Dr. J. - Co-Chief Sci. - Oregon State Univ. :Chave,Dr. A. - Co-Chief Sci. - Woods Hole Ocean. Ins :Filloux,Dr. J. - Co-Chief Sci. - Scripps Institution :Comer,R. L. - Resident Tech. - Scripps Institution :Moe,R. - Computer Eng. - Scripps Institution :Moeller,H. - Mech. Eng. - Scripps Institution :Root,D. - Sr. Res. Assoc. - Oregon State Univ. :Holloway,D. - Computer Prog. - Univ. Of Rhode Island :Mulroney,M. - Technician - Univ. Of Rhode Island :Pettit,B. - Elec. Eng. - Woods Hole Ocean. Ins :Bailey,J. - Technician - Woods Hole Ocean. Ins :Miller,K. - Elec. Tech. - Csiro, Australia :Meiner,C. - Grad. Stud. - Univof Rhode Island :Phillips,H. - Grad. Stud. - Csiro, Australia :Mccormack,A. - Volunteer - Univ. Of Rhode Island :Carvalho,O. - Grad. Stud. - Flinders Univ.:Hattfield,B. - Grad. Stud. - Csiro, Australia

• WEST11MV Westward Expedition Leg 11
• Westward Expedition

• Cruise report
• Domain: Earth sciences

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