AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE SALINITY MAXIMUM IN THE EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC DURING EQUALANT I.
Abstract
The distribution of salinity, mass, and the circulation in the upper 500 meters of the Atlantic between 10 degrees N and 10 degrees S is investigated by analysis of Equalant I data. Particular attention is given to locating the sources of high salinity feeding the Equatorial Undercurrent, and to determining the nature and extent of the intermediate salinity maximum layer. This layer is shown to exist everywhere, except in the Gulf of Guina south of 7 degrees 30 min S, and in a very small patch off Cape Orange, centered at 9 degrees N, 38 degrees W. There is a discrepancy between this result and Defant's vertical circulation model in the western South Atlantic. The sources of high salinity core of the Equatorial Undercurrent are the highly saline water masses lying close to the South American continent, both north and south of the equator. There are no significant intrusions of high salinity into the Equatorial Undercurrent east of 37 degrees W, although the high salinity core of the Undercurrent is identified as far east as 3 degrees E. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0629156
Entities
People
- Robert Glenn Williams
Organizations
- New York University