TABLES 



1 Gulf of Alaska measurements . . . page 7 



2 SUDSI - 1972 measurements .. .9 



3 ORB-3 and ORB-4 measurements ... 12 



4 CAPER measurements ... 14 



5 RAPLOC/DEEPTOW measurements ... 14 



6 XBT performance summary ... 1 6 



7 Comparison of Gulf of Alaska STD/SV and hydrocast temperature 

 measurements ... 22 



8 Comparison of Gulf of Alaska STD/SV and reversing thermometer temperatures 

 at maximum profile depth ... 22 



9 Comparison of SUDS I STD/SV and hydrocast temperature measurements ... 23 



10 Comparison of SUDS I STD/SV and reversing thermometer temperatures 

 at maximum depth ... 23 



1 1 Comparison of CAPER CTD/SV 25 and hydrocast 1 temperature 

 measurements ... 24 



1 2 Comparison of RAPLOC/DEEPTOW CTD/SV and reversing thermometer 

 temperatures at maximum depth ... 24 



1 3 Summary of average hydrocast and STD/SV 200-, 3 00-, and 400-m 

 temperatures ... 27 



14 Summary of time intervals between quasisimultaneous XBT and hydrocast or 

 STD/SV temperature measurements ... 28 



15 Preliminary XBT system errors ... 28 



1 6 Final XBT system errors ... 29 



17 System measurement errors ... 35 



18 Comparisons of surface temperatures measured by the XBT and STD/SV ... 37 



19 Comparison of surface temperatures measured by the XBT and thermistor 

 chain systems ... 37 



20 Statistical summary for Gulf of Alaska surface temperature differences ... 44 



2 1 Statistical summary for Gulf of Alaska 400-m water mass 2 temperatures ... 5 1 



22 Statistical summary for CAPER's MOANA WAVE surface temperature 

 differences ... 55 



23 Statistical summary for CAPER's MOANA WAVE 400-m temperatures ... 57 



24 Comparison of the surface and 400-m temperatures for XBT 96 and 98 

 and CTD/SV 19 and 20 ... 59 



25 Statistical summary for RAPLOC/DEEPTOW surface temperature 

 differences ... 59 



26 Summary of XBT surface temperature measurement accuracy data base ... 60 



27 Statistical summary of differences among 736 visually acceptable XBT and 

 independent measurements of surface temperature ... 61 



28 Comparison of average 200-, 300-, and 400-m average hydrocast and STD/SV 

 temperature measurements with XBT profile measurements for all visually 

 acceptable XBT profiles made during the Gulf of Alaska experiments 



in water mass 2 and in the transition water mass, and during CAPER in 

 water mass 2 ... 65 



29 Comparison of average 200-, 300-, and 400-m hydrocast and STD/SV temperature 

 measurements with XBT profile measurements for profile set I ... 66 



