Abstract
The discovery in recent years of vast deep oceanic currents running in a direction contrary to those at the surface provides additional evidence of our need for instrumental means to obtain accurate data on subsurface waters, particularly in little-known oceanic areas where pioneer lowerings are to be made. A description is given of a prototype messenger-operated wire-angle gauge which, used intermediately between reversing bottles, can furnish information on the direction of slope of the hydrowire and its actual degree of obliquity at a number of points. It is only the latter, of course, which can be computed from results obtained when unprotected reversing thermometers are used with the pressure-resisting type.
Recommended Citation
Carruthers, J. N.. 1958. "Description of a prototype gauge to measure magnitude and direction of hydrowire slope in situ between reversing bottles at all depths and under all conditions of ship drift." Journal of Marine Research 17, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/906