California Undercurrent Reconnaissance Between Monterey and Santa Barbara.
Abstract
Continuous temperature and salinity profiles were made on nine sections of stations between Monterey and Santa Barbara to locate the California undercurrent. Temperature-salinity relations across all sections indicated the presence of southern water characteristic of the undercurrent. Tongues of high temperature water were found to extend northward implying northward and southward flow both at 200 and 300 meters. The sudden fall of isotherms coupled with a rise in isohalines across sections seven and eight together with the observation of numerous temperature inversions indicated the influx of warm, salty water from the south. (Author Modified Abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0757248
Entities
People
- David Louis Molnar
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School