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Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Published originally as Massachusetts Institute of Technology Meteorological Papers (1930-1932), this collection contains papers from Vol .1 No. 1 to Vol. 10 No. 4 (1930-1948).
ISSN: 0198-6821
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The cycle of phosphorus in the western basin of the North Atlantic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1935-04)The importance of phosphorus for organic production in the sea appears to have been recognized first by Brandt (1899) and the earlier determinations of this element in the coastal seas of northern Europe (Brandt, 1920; ... -
The layer of frictional influence in wind and ocean currents
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1935-04)The purpose of the present paper is to analyze, in a reasonably comprehensive fashion, the principal factors controlling the mean state of turbulence and hence the mean velocity distribution in wind and ocean currents ... -
The meteorological airplane ascents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Part I. On the technique of meteorological airplane ascents. Part II. Aircraft instruments in meteorological flying
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1934-08)The aerological flights at Boston are part of the general research program of the Meteorological Division of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which program since 1929 has been directed especially toward the study ... -
The distribution of oxygen in the western basin of the North Atlantic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1934-08)The distribution of dissolved oxygen in the sea is controlled by a combination of its physical, chemical and biological characteristics; on the one hand, the chemical and biological activities tend to vary the content ... -
Studies of the waters on the continental shelf, Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay. I. The cycle of temperature
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1933-12)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 ... -
Scientific results of the "Nautilus" expeditioin, 1931 under the command of Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins. Parts IV and V
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American air mass properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1933-06)In this paper the term Air Mass is applied to an extensive portion of the earth's atmosphere which approximates horizontal homogeneity. The formation of an air mass in this sense takes place on the earth's surface wherever ... -
Scientific results of the "Nautilus" Expedition, 1931 : under the command of Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins. Parts I to III
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1933-03)In 1930 Sir Hubert Wilkins announced his plan for exploring the Polar Sea by submarine. Thanks to the courtesy of the U. S. Navy Department and the U. S. Shipping Board the submarine 0 12 was placed at his disposal and ... -
A generalization of the theory of the mixing length with applications to atmospheric and oceanic turbulence
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Thermodynamics applied to air mass analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1932)Since the beginning of 1929 systematic work has been carried out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop practical methods for the identification and characterization of air masses with the aid of upper ... -
Characteristic weather phenomena of California : a regional analysis based on aeronautical weather observations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1931)During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1928, the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics maintained an experimental meteorological service for the benefit of air transportation between San Francisco and ... -
Synoptic studies in fog
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1930)This study of fog formations at Hadley Airport was carried out during the winter of 1928-29 with the intent of finding out how far a careful scrutiny of local records might assist in explaining and forecasting local fogs. ... -
Observations of vertical humidity distribution above the ocean surface and their relation to evaporation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1940-02)In order to obtain information on the effect of eddy viscosity and eddy diffusion at the boundary between sea and atmosphere, simultaneous measurements of humidity at two, three or four levels between 1 and 38 meters ... -
The effect of short period variations of temperature and salinity on calculations in dynamic oceanography
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1939-11)This paper is a discussion of possible discrepancies in computations of ocean currents (based on horizontal variations of dynamic topography calculated from arbitrary deep lying reference surfaces), because of time ... -
Fronts and frontogenesis in relation to vorticity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1942-01)Soon after the discovery of the polar front, it was realized that fronts were subject to processes which either increased or diminished their intensity. Thus, fronts may form in fields where the distributiori of the ... -
Fluid mechanics applied to the study of atmospheric circulations. I. A study of flow patterns with the aid of isentropic analysis.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1938-12)This paper constitutes Part I of a report on certain investigations which have been in progress at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the past few years and which have been supported in part with funds ... -
On the measurement of drop size and liquid water content in fogs and clouds
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1938-11)A short critical review of possible methods for the measurement of the size of fog particles is presented. It is concluded that the only suitable method of obtaining the distribution of drop sizes present in a given fog ... -
On the local dissipation of natural fog
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1938-10)It is submitted that the hazards of landing aircraft in fog could be greatly reduced by providing relatively small clearings into which approaching planes could be safely guided by radio or other navigational aids which ... -
Circulation in upper layers of southern North Atlantic deduced with use of isentropic analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1938-08)Except for the presence in most localities of a shallow homogeneous surface layer and of a relatively homogeneous and deeper bottom layer, the oceans of the temperate and tropical regions are stratified and vertically ... -
Application of the distribution of oxygen to the physical oceanography of the Caribbean sea region
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1938-09)Observational data for this discussion were obtained principally during the two cruises of the oceanographic research ship, "Atlantis," to the Caribbean Sea March 7 to May 5, 1933 (stations 1487-1610) and February 2 to ...
