A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea.
This memorandum reports on the results obtained from a deep hydrographic section across the Tasman Sea in December 1983. Data were obtained on temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration. Cross-sections of these variables and of potential temperature, density and geostrophic current are presented...
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ftdtic:ADA167638 2023-05-15T13:49:39+02:00 A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. Mulhearn,P J ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY RESEARCH LAB EDGECLIFF 1985-09 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA167638 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA167638 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA167638 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *TASMAN SEA TEMPERATURE OCEAN CURRENTS WATER MASS CONTINENTAL SLOPES CROSS SECTIONS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) SALINITY AUSTRALIA SEA WATER GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS WATER MASSES BOTTOM SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN Text 1985 ftdtic 2016-02-21T01:54:12Z This memorandum reports on the results obtained from a deep hydrographic section across the Tasman Sea in December 1983. Data were obtained on temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration. Cross-sections of these variables and of potential temperature, density and geostrophic current are presented. A small cold region, suggestive of a boundary current, was found at the foot of the NSW Continental Slope, near 36 deg S, as well as a relatively cold water mass near 37-1/2 deg S, 155-1/2 deg E over the now dormat, mid-Tasman spreading ridge. The latter water mass is probably associated with a north-westwards flow of water derived from Antarctic bottom water. Deep geostrophic currents relative to 2,000 n were weak and of order 3 cm/sec northwards near 37-1/2 deg S, 155 deg E, and 2.5 cm/sec southwards over the abyssal plain near 36-1/2 deg S, 152-1/2 deg E. Keywords: Sea water; Water masses; Ocean currents; Descriptive oceanography. Text Antarc* Antarctic Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Antarctic Pacific |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *TASMAN SEA TEMPERATURE OCEAN CURRENTS WATER MASS CONTINENTAL SLOPES CROSS SECTIONS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) SALINITY AUSTRALIA SEA WATER GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS WATER MASSES BOTTOM SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *TASMAN SEA TEMPERATURE OCEAN CURRENTS WATER MASS CONTINENTAL SLOPES CROSS SECTIONS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) SALINITY AUSTRALIA SEA WATER GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS WATER MASSES BOTTOM SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN Mulhearn,P J A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *TASMAN SEA TEMPERATURE OCEAN CURRENTS WATER MASS CONTINENTAL SLOPES CROSS SECTIONS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) SALINITY AUSTRALIA SEA WATER GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS WATER MASSES BOTTOM SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN |
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This memorandum reports on the results obtained from a deep hydrographic section across the Tasman Sea in December 1983. Data were obtained on temperature, salinity and oxygen concentration. Cross-sections of these variables and of potential temperature, density and geostrophic current are presented. A small cold region, suggestive of a boundary current, was found at the foot of the NSW Continental Slope, near 36 deg S, as well as a relatively cold water mass near 37-1/2 deg S, 155-1/2 deg E over the now dormat, mid-Tasman spreading ridge. The latter water mass is probably associated with a north-westwards flow of water derived from Antarctic bottom water. Deep geostrophic currents relative to 2,000 n were weak and of order 3 cm/sec northwards near 37-1/2 deg S, 155 deg E, and 2.5 cm/sec southwards over the abyssal plain near 36-1/2 deg S, 152-1/2 deg E. Keywords: Sea water; Water masses; Ocean currents; Descriptive oceanography. |
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A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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A Deep Hydrographic Section Across the Tasman Sea. |
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deep hydrographic section across the tasman sea. |
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