Thermal conditions in Monterey Bay during September 1966 through September 1967 and January 1970 through January 1971.
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Anderson, Raymond Charles
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Leipper, Dale F.
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1971-09
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
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Thermal conditions in Monterey Bay during September 1966 through
September 1967 and January 1970 through June 1971 were described by comparing
direct observations taken at nearly weekly intervals to the long-term (40 years)
averages, or '"norms," developed by Lammers (1971). Station locations were
distributed throughout the bay with most located over the axis of Monterey Submarine
Canyon or in the southern half of the bay. Temperature data from three
transects taken out to a distance of some 80 miles in August 1970 were compared
to observed thermal conditions in the bay during four quasi-synoptic (one to three
day) periods in August.
it was found that me norms provide an excellent basis to which direct
temperature observations during quasi-synoptic periods may be compared. Such
comparisons of certain thermal indices (depth of the 9°C isotherm, temperature
at 20 meters, and sea surface temperature) at key locations (southern shallows,
deep canyon, and shallow canyon) are valuable parameters in identifying the
three climatic seasons (upwelling, oceanic, and Davidson Current) as well as
the existence of anomalous thermal conditions. Further study into the nature
of these anomalies could lead to better understanding of the dynamics of water
movements in Monterey Bay.
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