DIRECT OBSERVATIONS OF DEEP WATER MOVEMENT IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AN EASTERN BOUNDARY UNDERCURRENT STUDY
Abstract
Studies of deep water movements, using neutral buoyancy floats, were carried out in the eastern Pacific in tropical and low northern temperate latitudes. Prior to the present study no float observations had been made in the area of the eastern boundary current off the California coast. An ultimate objective of the reported observations is to aid in understanding the thermohaline circulation of the world ocean; an immediate objective is to begin the determination of characteristics of water movement beneath the southward-drifting, presumably shallow, California current. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 21, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0268943
Entities
People
- G.l. Pressman
- G.m. Cresswell
- P.m. Newgard
Organizations
- SRI International