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Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Inter-annual variability of acoustic ray travel times in the northeast Pacific

Abstract

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An acoustic tomography experiment consisting of a source near Hawaii and seven receivers along the west coast of North America was conducted from November 1987 to May 1988 and from February 1989 to July 1989. In this thesis, the acoustic ray travel times are analyzed in order to investigate inter-annual basin-scale thermal variability. These thermal fluctuations may help detect any greenhouse warming and greater understanding of them will increase knowledge of ocean-atmosphere interactions which affect weather and climate. A discussion of the program for finding the travel times is included along with a comparison of two methods of measuring travel times.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Year dc:date.issued
1990

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Furgerson, John A.

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en_US

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oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/5411

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citation

Furgerson, John A.. Inter-annual variability of acoustic ray travel times in the northeast Pacific. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1990. https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5411