MONTHLY CHARTS OF MEAN, MINIMUM, AND MAXIMUM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

• Main Authors: LaViolette,Paul E., Seim,Sandra E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; (*PACIFIC OCEAN; *SURFACE TEMPERATURE); THERMAL PROPERTIES; SEA ICE; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL REGIONS; BERING SEA; OKHOTSK SEA; AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; GRAPHS(CHARTS); ISOTHERMS; UPWELLING; Bering Sea; Okhotsk; Pacific; Quadrangle; okhotsk sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0698125; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0698125

The charts, based on ship injection temperature data, show the monthly mean, minimum, and maximum sea surface temperatures for the Pacific Ocean from 20 degrees S. (except east of 170 degrees W. where temperatures begin at 10 degrees S.) to 66 degrees N. The data are numerous in all but the equatorial portion of the area, and during the winter in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. Upwelling along the coast of the continents is also evident from the charts. The cold waters indicative of such action are graphically displayed along the coasts of California and South America. Because of the large quantity of data involved, these charts, in general, are more definitive than charts of other parameters such as salinity, except where the analysis was based on fewer than 10 observations per 10 degrees quadrangle or in regions where averaging disguises more complex thermal structure. (Author) Limited number of copies containing color other than black and white are available until stock is exhausted. Reproductions will be made in black and white only.