BOTTOM WATER FORMATION IN THE NORWEGIAN SEA.

Abstract

The deep basins of the world oceans are filled with waters of very low temperature. A fundamental problem of oceanography concerns the nature of the sources of that water: their locations and temporal variations of strength. A stability analysis of temperature and salinity data recently taken in the Norwegian sea shows that bottom water probably does not form in that area. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0816057

Entities

People

  • Hugh W. Albers

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bottom Waters
  • Low Temperature
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Salinity
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers