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Overflow '60 was an ICES investigation of cold, sub-arctic, deep
water overspill into the North Atlantic Ocean from the
Iceland-Faroe Ridge. It was desigend as a corollary to the
Polar Front Survey investigations of the International
Geophysical Year, and was carried out from 30 May to 18 June
1960, under the leadership of Dr J. B. Tait.
Overflow '60 was an optimal coordination of 9 research ships in
a small region to reach a maximum of synoptic work. It was also
an optimal intensification of measurements with the same
methods, and it was generally regarded as the starting point of
current measurements in deep water by self-recording anchored
instruments. A complete overview of the results of this
expedition have been published by ICES in Rapports et Proces-
Verbaux des Reunions, Vol 157. This may be purchased from ICES at
a cost of 75 DKK + pp.
The Overflow '60 dataset is freely
available in ICES Format as a PKZIP archive.
To convert from ICES Format to a simple ascii, comma-separted-value format, use the utility ices-csv.exe.
A suite of data management software is available
that allows you to manipulate data in ICES format.
A summary list of the oceanographic profile data collected during
Overflow '60 which indicates its availability in the ICES Data Bank, is
given below:
| IOC |
Ship |
Date |
# of Bottles |
# of CTD's |
# at ICES |
| 06 |
Anton Dohrn |
30 May to 18 Jun 60 |
119 |
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119# |
| 06 |
Gauss |
30 May to 17 Jun 60 |
114 |
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114# |
| 46 |
Maria Julia |
30 May to 18 Jun 60 |
193 |
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193# |
| 58 |
Helland Hansen |
30 May to 17 Jun 60 |
111 |
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111# |
| 58 |
Johan Hjort |
30 May to 20 Jun 60 |
182 |
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182# |
| 74 |
Discovery II |
31 May to 15 Jun 60 |
65 |
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65# |
| 74 |
Ernest Holt |
30 May to 17 Jun 60 |
120 |
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120# |
| 74 |
Explorer |
30 May to 17 Jun 60 |
115 |
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115# |
| 90 |
Perseus II |
30 May to 18 Jun 60 |
96 |
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96# |
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