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Lateral mixing in the deep water of the South Atlantic Ocean
The deep-sea circulation of the Atlantic has recently been carefully analyzed by Wiist (1935) who, on the basis of the tongue-like distribution of temperature and salinity, has drawn conclusions as to the direction of flow at different depths. He considers that an exchange of deep :water between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean is maintained by a flow to the north along the bottom of Antarctic water and a flow to the south at lesser depths of North Atlantic deep water and Mediterranean water
Note on the correlation of reversing thermometers
Corrections have to be applied to the readings of protected and unprotected reversing thermometers because they are read at a temperature that differs from that at the time of reversal. In deriving these corrections it is generally assumed that Feruglio\u27s (1912) equation [(5) below] is exact. It is shown here that Feruglio\u27s equation is not quite exact, but a close approximation. From this equation practical formulae, equations (6) and (8) below, can be derived very simply without further sacrifice of accuracy
On the process of upwelling
The phenomenon of upwelling which is present along many coasts has been discussed from various points of view. A general explanation of the phenomenon has been given by application of Ekman\u27s theory of winddriven currents (Thorade, 1909; McEwen, 1912), and emphasis has been put on the velocity of the vertical motion (McEwen, 1934) or on the depth from which water is brought to the surface (Gunther, 1936; Sverdrup, 1930)...
On the annual and diurnal variation of the evaporation from the oceans
The average annual evaporation of the oceans in different latitudes can be considered fairly well established (Mosby, 1936, Wtist, 1936), but so far little is known as to the character of the annual and the diurnal variations. Helland-Hansen (1930) has pointed out that evaporation will be facilitated if the sea surface is warmer than the air, whereas evaporation will decrease or cease if the sea surface is colder...
Classic Article: On the process of upwelling
The phenomenon of upwelling which is present along many coasts has been discussed from various points of view. A general explanation of the phenomenon has been given by application of Ekman’s theory of wind driven currents (Thorade 1909; McEwen 1912), and emphasis has been put on the velocity of the vertical motion (McEwen 1934) or on the depth from which water is brought to the surface (Sverdrup 1930; Gunther 1936). Defant (1936) has discussed the horizontal and vertical motion and the distribution of density within the region of upwelling off the coast of southwest Africa, but his analysis is based on average surface conditions and on the results of a few, widely spaced oceanographic stations. His schematic representation of the currents in a vertical section at right angles to the coast appears misleading, since the vertical motion shown in the region of upwelling necessitates the existence of a horizontal divergence within this region. But a divergence is indicated only at the offshore border of this area..
On the evaporation from the oceans
In a preceding paper… the author attempted a computation of the evaporation from the sea on the basis of the assumptions that: 1. A boundary layer exists next to the surface within which transport of water vapor takes place by ordinary diffusion. 2. Above the boundary layer the transport of water vapor takes place by eddy conductivity. 3. The eddy conductivity, A, is, according to laboratory results, a linear function of the altitude above the sea and depends upon the roughness of the surface…
The place of physical oceanography in oceanographic research
Talking here at Woods Hole about the place of physical oceanography in oceanographic research is comparable to carrying coals to Newcastle. In no other locality are gathered so many institutions engaged in marine research, and nowhere exist such unique opportunities for integrated oceanographic research
State v. District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, 393 P.2d 39 (Mont. 1964)
State v. District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Distric
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