NUMBER 31 (06/98)

WOCE NEWSLETTER NUMBER 31 - CONTENTS BELOW:

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DATA ASSIMILATION
Toward an Estimate of the Global Circulation from WOCE Data and a General Circulation Model Detlef Stammer 7
Data Assimilation for Australian Climate Variability Studies Peter McIntosh and Andreas Schiller 10
Assimilation of TOPEX Data into the OCCAM Model A. Fox, et al. 12

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
The Along Track Scanning Radiometer Programme Chris Mutlow 42
At-Sea Test of a New XCTD System Alexander Sy 45

GENERAL SCIENCE
Did the Overflow from the Nordic Seas Intensify in 1996-97? Michael McCartney, et al. 3
The Rate of Formation of the Subtropical Underwater (STUW) in the North and South Pacific from Drifter and Tracer Data Bridgette M.O'C onnor, et al. 18
South Atlantic Chlorofluoromethane Distributions Along the WHP Lines A17, A13 and A14 Marie-Jose Messias and Laurent Memery 21
Heat Flux Estimates Across A6 and A7 WOCE Sections F. Marin, et al. 28
Lagrangian and Infrared Observations of Surface Currents in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence Zone, 1993-4 Ronald Buss de Souza and Ian S. Robinson 32
Water Mass Transformation Theory and the Meridional Overturning Streamfunction A. J. G. Nurser and R. Marsh 36
Cruise 36 of RV Professor Shtokman to the N. Atlantic A. V. Sokov & V. P. Tereschenkov 39
TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetry Captures Cycles of the Indian Ocean Steven D. Meyers, et al. 41

MISCELLANEOUS
Ocean Model Data Storage Peter McIntosh 16
Erratum Eric Firing 20

MEETINGS
WOCE Indian Ocean Workshop 15
First Announcement: WOCE-AIMS Tracer Workshop17
WOCE/CLIVAR Workshop on Ocean Modelling for Climate Studies 31
Summary of a GODAE/WOCE Meeting on Large-Scale Ocean State Estimation D. Stammer, et al. 38

Prepared by Peter Saunders 4 February 1998