Accession Number:

AD0489565

Title:

A MODEL CLIMATOLOGY OF THE OCEANIC THERMAL STRUCTURE AS APPLIED TO SINGLE STATION ANALYSIS

Descriptive Note:

Informal manuscript

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS

Personal Author(s):

• Corton, Edward L.

Report Date:

1966-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

A model of the seasonal thermocline is presented. The model, based on parameters deduced from climatic data from ocean stations located in the Subarctic domain north of the Gulf Stream-North Atlantic Current system, describes the onset, growth, and decay of the seasonal thermocline. However, owing to lack of data below 400 feet, the model does not delineate the convective layer in mid-winter. Temporal changes in temperature gradients above, within, and below the thermocline are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *OCEANS
• THERMAL PROPERTIES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• ANOMALIES
• SURFACE TEMPERATURE
• GULF STREAM
• UNDERWATER
• OCEANOGRAPHY
• PERIODIC VARIATIONS
• BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
• OCEAN MODELS
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• TEMPERATURE
• CLIMATE

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE