The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths
In a previous paper (Iselin 1936) the writer considered that the temperature and salinity of the main thermocline layer (400–1200 meters) in the Sargasso Sea were mainly determined by vertical turbulence. At that time special significance was attached to the very consistent temperature‐salinity corr...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:47753 2023-05-15T17:34:02+02:00 The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths Iselin, C. O'D. 1939 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47753/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47753/1/iselin1939.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/TR020i003p00414 en eng AGU (American Geophysical Union) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47753/1/iselin1939.pdf Iselin, C. O. (1939) The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 20 (3). pp. 414-417. DOI 10.1029/TR020i003p00414 <https://doi.org/10.1029/TR020i003p00414>. doi:10.1029/TR020i003p00414 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Article PeerReviewed 1939 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1029/TR020i003p00414 2023-04-07T15:47:19Z In a previous paper (Iselin 1936) the writer considered that the temperature and salinity of the main thermocline layer (400–1200 meters) in the Sargasso Sea were mainly determined by vertical turbulence. At that time special significance was attached to the very consistent temperature‐salinity correlation at mid‐latitude stations from the western North Atlantic. Thus, when plotted on a temperature‐salinity diagram, the great majority of the modern observations fell along a narrow and slightly curving path connecting the characteristics of the superficial layer with those of deep water. The fact that in the main thermocline the temperature‐salinity correlation was somewhat fresher than a pure mixture of deep water and surface‐water was thought to result from the inflow of relatively large volumes of subantarctic intermediate water which appeared to enter the Sargasso Sea in two ways. First, this low‐salinity layer seemed to penetrate northward across the Northern Equatorial Current at mid‐depths and second, a considerable volume of it was observed leaving the Florida Straits to be, discharged into the Sargasso Sea along the southern edge of the Gulf Stream. In short, lt was considered that the negative salinity‐anomalies brought to the Sargasso Sea by the subantarctic intermediate layer more than counteracted the positive anomalies arriving at similar depths from the westward flow of water carrying Mediterranean characteristics. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Transactions, American Geophysical Union 20 3 414 |
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In a previous paper (Iselin 1936) the writer considered that the temperature and salinity of the main thermocline layer (400–1200 meters) in the Sargasso Sea were mainly determined by vertical turbulence. At that time special significance was attached to the very consistent temperature‐salinity correlation at mid‐latitude stations from the western North Atlantic. Thus, when plotted on a temperature‐salinity diagram, the great majority of the modern observations fell along a narrow and slightly curving path connecting the characteristics of the superficial layer with those of deep water. The fact that in the main thermocline the temperature‐salinity correlation was somewhat fresher than a pure mixture of deep water and surface‐water was thought to result from the inflow of relatively large volumes of subantarctic intermediate water which appeared to enter the Sargasso Sea in two ways. First, this low‐salinity layer seemed to penetrate northward across the Northern Equatorial Current at mid‐depths and second, a considerable volume of it was observed leaving the Florida Straits to be, discharged into the Sargasso Sea along the southern edge of the Gulf Stream. In short, lt was considered that the negative salinity‐anomalies brought to the Sargasso Sea by the subantarctic intermediate layer more than counteracted the positive anomalies arriving at similar depths from the westward flow of water carrying Mediterranean characteristics. |
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The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths |
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The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths |
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The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/47753/1/iselin1939.pdf Iselin, C. O. (1939) The influence of vertical and lateral turbulence on the characteristics of the waters at mid-depths. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 20 (3). pp. 414-417. DOI 10.1029/TR020i003p00414 <https://doi.org/10.1029/TR020i003p00414>. doi:10.1029/TR020i003p00414 |
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