This experiment produced

• 30 current meter records (Aanderaa and VACM)
• 6 ADCP records (96 bin series)
• 14 records from Seacat CTDs
• 5 tide gauge records
• 2 temperature records from TSKA data recorders
• 1 wind record

You can view metadata and/or download the records by clicking on links in the table below. A brief description of the experiment also is available. Each record is identified in the table by its depth and the name of the mooring. You may want to look at a map of the array to see where the moorings were. If you download any of the files you should review the note on file format. From here you can also move up one level to the list of WOCE experiments.

In addition to the subsurface records listed above, RSMAS has made available wind data recorded at the Hanish West site. The meteorological station was in place throughout the experiment, from early June 1995 through mid-November 1996. Here, you can view metadata and download the record.

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The ICM10 data were obtained during a comprehensive experiment at the southern end of the Red Sea during 1995-1996 (see map). The experiment, which involved moored current meters, T-S sensors and tide gauges, revealed the annual cycle of flow through Bab el Mandeb with a level of detail that had not been available before. The inflow and outflow transports were well resolved and showed a very repeatable transition between the winter two-layer regime and summer three-layer regime over the 17 months of continuous observation. The changing inflow/outflow conditions were clearly reflected in the salinity variations in the strait, which documented for the first time the extent and timing of the summertime intrusion of fresh Gulf of Aden thermocline water into the Red Sea. The annual mean outflow of Red Sea deep water through the strait was estimated to be 0.37 Sv, with maximum exchange reaching 0.7 Sv in February and average summer outflow of about 0.05 Sv.

Related publications

Murray, S.P. and W. Johns (1997): Direct observations of seasonal exchange through the Bab el Mandeb strait. Geophys. Res. Let., 24(21), 2557-2560.

Pratt, L.J., W. Johns, S.P. Murray and K. Katsumata (1999): Hydraulic interpretation of direct velocity measurements in the Bab al Mandab. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29(11), 2769-2784.

Pratt, L.J., H. Deese, S.P. Murray and W. Johns (1999): Continuous dynamical modes in straits having arbitrary cross sections, with applications to the Bab al Mandab. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 30(10), 2515-2534.

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Format of the current records

netCDF is a self-documenting format that can be accessed by a variety of software tools. You can click here to learn about netCDF and available software packages that can be used to read and manipulate netCDF files.

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