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FASINEX: Frontal Air-Sea INteraction EXperiment

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The purpose of the Frontal Air-Sea INteraction EXperiment (FASINEX) was to study the oceanic and atmospheric dynamics and interactions around a sea surface temperature front. The experiment took place south of Bermuda and involved several ships, oceanographic moorings and ancillary aircraft. Ground-truth comparison of surface wind and wind stress from the Electra and instrumented buoys were made with the NASA/JPL scatterometer.

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Begin Date	1986-02-16 12:54:26
End Date	1986-02-25 18:35:33

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Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 35.941, Minimum (South) Latitude: 27.096
Minimum (West) Longitude: -79.278, Maximum (East) Longitude: -64.567

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.