Water Masses and the Distribution of Oceanological Properties (Vodnye Massy i Raspredelenie Okeanologicheskikh Kharakteristik)

By analyzing the distribution of oceanological properties or characteristics, one can see that the extreme values of individual characteristics, which are not associated with common origin, occur at various depths. It is, for example, known that in central parts of oceans the smallest concentrations...

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Main Author: Ivanov,Yu. A.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEAN CURRENTS
DISTRIBUTION)
(*SEA WATER
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES)
SALINITY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
DEPTH FINDING
TEMPERATURE
TURBULENCE
HEAT TRANSFER
USSR
LANDFORMS
WATER
ADVECTION
ANTARCTIC OCEAN
TRANSLATIONS
Antarctic
Antarctic Ocean
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0718072
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0718072
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Summary:By analyzing the distribution of oceanological properties or characteristics, one can see that the extreme values of individual characteristics, which are not associated with common origin, occur at various depths. It is, for example, known that in central parts of oceans the smallest concentrations of oxygen occur at smaller depths (500-1000m) than the greatest concentrations of silicon acid. Still greater differences separate the extreme values of water temperature and salinity. Depth levels for maximum values of water temperature and salinity are given. On lat. 47 deg 30 min S the maximum temperature is observed at the depth of 1200m, whereas the maximum salinity is observed at the depth of 2000m, the difference being 800m; on 55 degrees S the difference between the temperature and salinity values reaches 1600m, but on 68 degrees S 100m. North of 47 deg 30 min S the water temperature decreases gradually from surface to the bottom. The depth maximum of salinity is observed north of this latitude. (Author) Trans. of Okeanologiya (USSR) v3 n5 p803-807 1963, by M. Slessers.

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