Studies of the waters on the continental shelf, Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay. I. The cycle of temperature
Citable URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1144DOI
10.1575/1912/1144Keyword
Ocean temperature; Salinity; Plankton; Atlantic OceanAbstract
When the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, in cooperation with the Museum of Comparative
Zoology, commenced the oceanographic survey of the Gulf of Maine in the summer of
1912 (Bigelow, 1925-1927), it was in the hope that this might later be extended to the
coastal waters thence southward; eventually even as far as the Gulf of Mexico.
Cruises carried out in connection with investigations of the biology of the mackerel,
by the Fisheries' steamer "Albatross II" from 1927 to 1932, supplemented by those of the
research ship "Atlantis" of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, have made it
possible to extend the detailed examination of the physical oceanography of the continental
shelf as far as the offing of Chesapeake Bay, and to the offing of Cape Hatteras
for some of the months.
The present account of the temperature of the region will, it is hoped, be followed
shortly by corresponding accounts of salinity, of circulation and of the dominant planktonic communities.
Collections
Suggested Citation
Book: Bigelow, Henry Bryant, "Studies of the waters on the continental shelf, Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay. I. The cycle of temperature", Papers in Physical Oceanography and Meteorology, v.2, no.4, 1933-12, DOI:10.1575/1912/1144, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1144Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Near-inertial and thermal upper ocean response to atmospheric forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean
Silverthorne, Katherine E. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2010-06)Observational and modeling techniques are employed to investigate the thermal and inertial upper ocean response to wind and buoyancy forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean. First, the seasonal kinetic energy variability of ... -
Kinematics and energetics of the mesoscale mid-ocean circulation : MODE
Richman, James G. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1976-09)The temporal and spatial variability of low frequency moored temperature and velocity observations, obtained as part of the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE), are analyzed to study the kinematics and energetics of ... -
Momentum, mass, heat, and vorticity balances from oceanic measurements of current and temperature
Bryden, Harry L. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1975-07)The local dynamics of low-frequency motions in the MODE region are investigated from three arrays of moored measurements of current and temperature. Tests for lowest-order balances of horizontal momentum, mass, heat, heat ...