Hydrography of Monterey Bay, California.Thermal Conditions, 1929-1933: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 29, Part 1)This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication. |
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100 meter level albacore amplitude of thermal annual rhythm April August average temperatures Bigelow and Leslie body of water bottom California Current characterized circulation cold water cold wave compared continental shelf continental slope cooling course curves Davidson Current December decidedly decrease deeper strata depth deviations Diff entered the Bay entire exhibited extent fact February fish five year period floats graph Hopkins Marine Station hydrographic indicated influx investigated irregular isobath January July July 14 June latter less March maximum Monterey Bay month monthly averages NAUTICAL MILES normal northerly noted November observations occurred Ocean October phenomenon plankton present pronounced pulses range recorded region sardine seasonal September southerly southern station line stenothermal stratum superficial strata surface and 50 surface temperatures surface waters Thermal Conditions Thermal Rhythm thermal variation tidal tide total amplitudes total averages type of water upper 50 meters upwelling variability water movements winds
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Page 152 - JOHNSTON. 1914 A Report upon the Physical Conditions in San Francisco Bay, Based upon the Operations of the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" during the Years 1912 and 1913.
Page 142 - It may be of interest to mention in this connection that the...
Page 53 - ... the last week of January and the first two weeks of February.
Page 5 - Dr. EG Moberg and Dr. GF McEwen of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, for their kind criticism of the completed manuscript of this report.
Page 123 - D -4. qu sm where (/*) is the coefficient of viscosity, (q) equals the density, («) is the angular velocity of the earth, and (0) is the latitude...
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Page 129 - C, and that this condition was somewhat more pronounced during the first six months of the year when the upwelling was, generally speaking, more active.
Page 62 - An excellent example of the smaller amplitudes of the changes at 100 meters was found during the period from the beginning of March to the end of June, 1931.