THE SUB-THERMOCLINE DUCT.

Abstract

The thesis describes a method by which near-surface temperature inversions in the ocean may be classified. Although categories of sub-thermocline ducts for sound transmission, formed as a result of these temperature inversions, have been studied in detail in the North Pacific Ocean, classifications are general enough to be applied to ducts in other regions. A considerable variety of sub-thermocline ducting is present in the North Pacific. This variability shows both a seasonal and a positional dependence which may be explained on a stability basis utilizing data obtained from selected Nansen casts reported for stations throughout the North Pacific. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0686657

Entities

People

  • James Barrington Burrow Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Classification
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Inversion
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sound Transmission
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Thermoclines

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Regression Analysis.