Two examples of high wave number (one cycle per 5 m to one cycle per kilometer) temperature spectra from constant depth tow segments are presented. The first is from observations in the center of the main thermocline of the northwest Atlantic at a depth of about 700 m. Four independent estimates of the spectrum are statistically similar to one another. The result is continuous with previous results at lower wave numbers and compares favorably with the 1975 Garrett and Munk internal wave model prediction. The second example is from a tow through a surface mixed layer, at a depth of 26 m, in a nearby area. In contrast to the above, it describes the lack of stationarity of the near-surface spectrum; a result reminiscent of the frequency spectra observed by Sabinin. |