support of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Nos.2006AA09A314 and 2006AA09A307);the National Natural Science Fund (40706006);China’s Na-tional Basic Research Priorities Programmer (2005CB- 422303 and 2007CB411804);the key project of the In-ternational Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (2006DFB21250);the Ministry of Educa-tion’s 111 Project (B07036)
A new instrument for upper ocean survey, namely the UCTD (Underway Conductivity-Temperature- Depth), which combines some of the advantages of other underway instruments, is introduced in this paper. The Introduction...