PRECISION SOUND VELOCITY PROFILES IN THE OCEAN. VOLUME IV. CANARY ISLANDS - GIBRALTAR - BAY OF BISCAY: SOUND SPEED, TEMPERATURE, ETC. JUNE-JULY 1965

Abstract

Detailed, consecutive sound speed and temperature profiles to 2300 m depth, and profile envelopes for each station, are presented for 26 multi- profile stations: 5 in the Canary Islands; and a near-synoptic series of 21 on a track Canaries - Gibraltar - Bay of Biscay. Sound speed, temperature and salinity (calculated from sound speed, temperature and depth) cross sections for the Canaries - Bay of Biscay part are also presented. A discussion of the spreading of Mediterranean waters from Gibraltar, and the accompanying changes in the sound speed structure is included. Occasional large cells of Mediterranean water reach this area without mixing: one such cell is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0674427

Entities

People

  • Ants T. Piip

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Canary Islands
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Deep Water
  • Gibraltar
  • Governments
  • Iberian Peninsula
  • Instrumentation
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Precision
  • Regions
  • Salinity
  • Security
  • Surface Waters
  • United States Government
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.