2 The Water Masses of the World Ocean: Some Results of a Fine-Scale Census
In his original brief monograph, Helland-Hansen (1916) introduced the concept of a water mass as being defined by a temperature-salinity (T-S) curve. He found that over a large area of the eastern North Atlantic a "normal"
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| Summary: | In his original brief monograph, Helland-Hansen (1916) introduced the concept of a water mass as being defined by a temperature-salinity (T-S) curve. He found that over a large area of the eastern North Atlantic a "normal" |
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