Hey All,
So over this past week, I have been working on plotting up some data from Silbo’s mission so far and then also spent a little bit of time comparing his data to a near by Argo drifter.
Figure 1. 3d temperature plot of Silbo's track from Iceland to the Azores
Figure 2. 3d Salinity plot of Silbo's track from Iceland to the Azores
In figures 1 and 2, we can see how much the water conditions have changed from being almost uniform in temperature and salinity from surface to 1000m depth to being strongly stratified near the shores of the Azores.
Next I plotted more recent data, comparing Silbo’s temperature and salinity to what was recorded by a near by argo drifter, coriolis 6900511.
Figure 3. Temperature and Salinity profiles from Argo unit Coriolis 6900511
Figure 4. Temperature as recorded by Silbo
Figure 5. Salinity as recorded by Silbo
Although the Argo drifter went down another 1000m past what Silbo is capable of, the data shows a very nice correlation showing nearly the same shapes and depths for the thermocline and picnocline.
Nilsen