Sea surface and related subsurface temperature anomalies at several positions in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.

Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies from previous sources have been relation to subsurface temperature anomalies from BT's at six positions in the Northeast Pacific. In this manner some understanding of the value of SST anomalies as indicators of ocean energy states is achieved. Results show that for about 10% of the time, the SST anomaly generally extended to depths of 100 meters or more. November through April were found to be the months most favorable for the occurrence of these deeply penetrating anomalies. Summertime SST anomalies were determined to be shallow features of less than 40 meters and were not indicative of subsurface heat content. A close linear relationship was observed year round between SST anomalies and heat content anomalies in the top 30 meters of the ocean. There was little correlation between SST and heat content in the 91-122 meters layer.

Department dc:contributor.department

Oceanography

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1971

Author dc:creator

• Beland, Conrad Lucien

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Liepper, Dale F.

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/15881

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/15881