Seasonal Changes of Oceanographic and Marine-Climatological Conditions in the Equatorial Atlantic.
Abstract
An attempt is made to construct more detailed monthly charts for sea surface temperature, salinity, evaporation and precipitation, based on climatological averages for 2 degrees squares betweem 10N and 10 degrees S. This space and time resolution, at least, is required to study the complex climatological and mean oceanographic conditions, and their interrelationships, in an ocean area where significant local differences can occur at distances of a degree or two of longitude or latitude apart, and where semi-annual periodic changes may dominate the seasonal pattern. Of special interest are the relationships between sea surface salinity variations during the year and the differences between evaporation and precipitation. Special attention is given to seasonal variations of sea surface temperature anomalies, surface salinities and precipitation in the 5N to 10 degrees N latitudinal belt. This zonal belt is, essentially, dominated by the Equatorial Countercurrent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016290
Entities
People
- Edward C. Escowitz
- Gerhard Neumann
- William H. Beatty Iii
Organizations
- City College of New York