A Preliminary Study of the Oceanography of the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas.

The Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO), like the surrounding oceanic waters, is composed of three major water types. The upper 250 meters are influenced by local meteorological processes and the physical structure varies seasonally and from year to year in the same season. Between depths of 250 meters and 8...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ridley,Edward L
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C MARINE SCIENCES DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1962
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Acoustics
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*TONGUE OF THE OCEAN
TEMPERATURE
SHALLOW WATER
GRAPHICS
SALINITY
SEA WATER
DEEP WATER
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
BAHAMA ISLANDS
Most project-2
North Atlantic Deep Water
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA035008
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Summary:The Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO), like the surrounding oceanic waters, is composed of three major water types. The upper 250 meters are influenced by local meteorological processes and the physical structure varies seasonally and from year to year in the same season. Between depths of 250 meters and 800 to 1,000 meters the waters are basically North Atlantic Central Water, and near the bottom a relatively thin layer of North Atlantic Deep Water is found. Transition zones of varying mixtures of two adjacent water types occur between the major types.

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