Oceanographic Regions and Assessment of Temperature Structure in the Seasonal Zone of the North Pacific Ocean

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Tully, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1964
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Pacific
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f64-089; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f64-089

There are eight climatic regions from the Equator to the Arctic in the Pacific Ocean. In each region the distinct oceanographic temperature structures and their seasonal sequences are described and related to surface weather processes and transport. Procedures for observation and interpretation of data must be adapted to suit the regional models of structure and behaviour. However, a rational universal system of information presentation is feasible and is demonstrated. The concepts may be extended to other oceans.