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Motions With Inertial And Diurnal Period In A Numerical Model Of The Navifacial Boundary Layer, Joseph P. Pandolfo Jan 1969

Motions With Inertial And Diurnal Period In A Numerical Model Of The Navifacial Boundary Layer, Joseph P. Pandolfo

Journal of Marine Research

A model that represents a complex local theory concerning the navifacial planetary boundary layer is presented. The model includes the effects of boundary-layer turbulence in stratified (humidity-dependent and salinity-dependent) flow, of mixing due to windgenerated waves at the naviface, and of cloud-dependent radiative heating throughout the layer....

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Edgewaves On A Gently Sloping Continental Shelf Of Finite Width, Lawrence A. Mysak Jan 1968

Edgewaves On A Gently Sloping Continental Shelf Of Finite Width, Lawrence A. Mysak

Journal of Marine Research

The proper ties of free unattenuated long waves of small amplitude that travel parallel to the coast over a bottom topography consisting of a gently sloping shelf of finite width that drops off vertically to deep water of constant depth are investigated.

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Comment On The Peripheral Antarctic-Water Discharge, Arnold L. Gordon Jan 1968

Comment On The Peripheral Antarctic-Water Discharge, Arnold L. Gordon

Journal of Marine Research

No doubt the peripheral discharge around Antarctica tends to establish a westward coastal fl. ow and may slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current significantly, as suggested by Barcilon (1966, 1967). It should be noted that this effect would have strong seasonal variations. Virtually all of the discharge is accomplished from midsummer to late summer....

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Formation Of An Inertial Current On A Continental Shelf, P. P. Niiler, S. L. Spiegel Jan 1968

Formation Of An Inertial Current On A Continental Shelf, P. P. Niiler, S. L. Spiegel

Journal of Marine Research

The simplest problem in the formation of an inertial stratified western-boundary current on a continental shelf is examined by numerical treatment of the three-dimensional conservation equations. An offshore countercurrent appears as the predominant feature of the flow.

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Oceanic Leveling By A Vessel Crossing A Current, R. B. Montgomery Jan 1968

Oceanic Leveling By A Vessel Crossing A Current, R. B. Montgomery

Journal of Marine Research

When a current is crossed by a vessel on fixed course at fixed speed, the vessel is displaced downstream. The displacement, D, is proportional to the current speed integrated across the width of the current and is inversely proportional to the vessel's speed....

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The Kuroshio-Oyashio Front As A Compound Vortex Street, Richard A. Barkley Jan 1968

The Kuroshio-Oyashio Front As A Compound Vortex Street, Richard A. Barkley

Journal of Marine Research

A concept presented in this paper can account for a wide variety of observed features in the Kuroshio-Oyashio front, just east of Japan. The concept, a synthetic description, consists of two von Kármán vortex streets arranged side by side; it is referred to as a compound vortex street. Von Kármán's kinematic theory is generalized to include all possible vortex-street arrays....

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Vertical Mixing In Pelagic Sediments, Wolfgang H. Berger, G. Ross Heath Jan 1968

Vertical Mixing In Pelagic Sediments, Wolfgang H. Berger, G. Ross Heath

Journal of Marine Research

Vertical mixing in sed iments can be quantitatively described if it is assumed that: (i) upon deposition, detrital particles are mixed uniformly to a depth, m, below the sediment-water interface at a rate that is much faster than the sedimentation rate…

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Measurement Of Volume Transport Of The Gulf Stream South Of New England, Bruce A. Warren, G. H. Volkmann Jan 1968

Measurement Of Volume Transport Of The Gulf Stream South Of New England, Bruce A. Warren, G. H. Volkmann

Journal of Marine Research

During June 1966, nine velocity measurements were made with neutrally buoyant floats at a depth of about 2500 m along a section crossing the Gulf Stream near 38° N, 69°W. In combination with hydrographic stations bracketing each float trajectory, these measurements yielded a volume transport of 101 × 106 m3/sec for the Stream as of that time and location

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Instrument Far Measuring Terrestrial Heat Flow Through The Ocean Floor, Charles Corry, Carl Dubois, Victor Vacquier Jan 1968

Instrument Far Measuring Terrestrial Heat Flow Through The Ocean Floor, Charles Corry, Carl Dubois, Victor Vacquier

Journal of Marine Research

Terrestrial heat flow through the ocean floor is determined by measuring the temperature gradient and thermal conductivity in the upper few meters of sediment with an instrument lowered on hydrographic wire. The chief novel feature of the device is that the thermal conductivity is measured in situ simultaneously with the temperature gradient instead of in a cored specimen of sediment in the laboratory.

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The Structure And Development Of Rifted Midoceanic Rises, Tjeerd H. Van Andel Jan 1968

The Structure And Development Of Rifted Midoceanic Rises, Tjeerd H. Van Andel

Journal of Marine Research

Midoceanic rises can be divided into two categories: rifted and nonrifted. Rifted rises are characterized by a median valley, high relief, a thick second layer, and the presence of metamorphic and deep intrusive rocks. Rifted rises are believed to have slow spreading rates of less than 2 cm/year....

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Shallow Currents Along The Northeastern Coast Of South America, William G. Metcalf Jan 1968

Shallow Currents Along The Northeastern Coast Of South America, William G. Metcalf

Journal of Marine Research

It has generally been considered that the Guiana Current carries South Atlantic Central water in an uninterrupted flow along the northeastern coast of South America and then into the Caribbean Sea. Certain phenomena observed in the western tropical Atlantic and in the Caribbean indicate that the picture is not that simple....

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Erratum Jan 1968

Erratum

Journal of Marine Research

Erratum in A model for thermohaline circulation in an ocean of finite depth, by G. T. Needler…

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A Demonstration Of Magnification Of Dynamic Topography At The Thermocline, D. J. Baker Jr. Jan 1968

A Demonstration Of Magnification Of Dynamic Topography At The Thermocline, D. J. Baker Jr.

Journal of Marine Research

Since the ocean is hydrostatic to a very good approximation, it is well known that dynamic topography at the surface (for example, across the Gulf Stream) is inverted and magnified at the thermocline by a factor proportional to the average density difference of the regions above and below the thermocline....

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On The Eastward Flow Of Water In The Western Pacific South Of The Equator, François Jarrige Jan 1968

On The Eastward Flow Of Water In The Western Pacific South Of The Equator, François Jarrige

Journal of Marine Research

From December 1965 to August 1967, the R/V CORIOLIS of the Centre O.R.S.T.O.M. of Nouméa made nine cruises along 170°E, from 20°S to 4°N. The eastward component of the geostrophic current relative to 1000 db was calculated, and the results from all cruises indicate an eastward flow near 10°S....

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Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. Iii. Measurements Of Underwater-Sunlight Spectra, H. H. Seliger, W. G. Fastie Jan 1968

Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. Iii. Measurements Of Underwater-Sunlight Spectra, H. H. Seliger, W. G. Fastie

Journal of Marine Research

Spectral distributions of ambient underwater sunlight in Oyster Bay, Falmouth Harbor, Jamaica, West Indies, have been measured during the diurnal rise in the stimulable bioluminescent intensity of the marine dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense. In addition to the changes in light intensity during this period, there are large changes in the relative spectral distributions, as functions of both time and depth in the Bay. The blue-to-red intensity ratios vary by factors of 10 to 100.

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A Detached Eddy In The Gulf Of Mexico, W. D. Nowlin Jr., J. M. Hubertz, R. O. Reid Jan 1968

A Detached Eddy In The Gulf Of Mexico, W. D. Nowlin Jr., J. M. Hubertz, R. O. Reid

Journal of Marine Research

This note presents some preliminary results of a still-incomplete detailed analysis of observations on the property distributions and currents in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico, with primary emphasis on the Eastern Loop Current. Observations were obtained aboard the R/V ALAMINOS in June 1966, 1967.

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Effects Of Deep-Sea Stratification And Current On Edgewaves, Lawrence A. Mysak Jan 1968

Effects Of Deep-Sea Stratification And Current On Edgewaves, Lawrence A. Mysak

Journal of Marine Research

The effects of deep-sea density stratification and longshore current on trapped edgewaves traveling over a sloping continental shelf that drops off vertically to deep water of constant depth are investigated. The stratification is idealized with a two-layer model, and the current is assumed to be confined to the deep-sea region and to the upper layer of fluid....

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Autospectra Of Observed Particle Motions In Wind Waves, David H. Shonting Jan 1968

Autospectra Of Observed Particle Motions In Wind Waves, David H. Shonting

Journal of Marine Research

Autospectra of observed particle motions in ocean waves are presented. The spectra show the dominant peaks associated with the frequencies of the visually observed waves. Examination of the autospectra relative to depth reveals a strong attenuation of spectral energy, particularly at the higher frequencies; the peaks associated with the waves tend to redden the deeper the wave motions are observed....

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Electrochemical Standardization Of The Dehydrogenase Assay Used In The Estimation Of Respiration Rates, Theodore T. Packard, Michael L. Healy Jan 1968

Electrochemical Standardization Of The Dehydrogenase Assay Used In The Estimation Of Respiration Rates, Theodore T. Packard, Michael L. Healy

Journal of Marine Research

A primary coulometric titration is proposed as a standardization technique for the succinate dehydrogenase assay used in the estimation of respiration rates in marine plankton. The coulometric method, which is shown to be simple, accurate, and reproducible, eliminates the difficulties of using a chemical reducing agent. An alternative method using polarography is also discussed.

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Paleogene Sediment From A Fracture Zone Of The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Richard Cifelli, Walter H. Blow, William G. Melson Jan 1968

Paleogene Sediment From A Fracture Zone Of The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Richard Cifelli, Walter H. Blow, William G. Melson

Journal of Marine Research

A dredge haul from a transverse fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean yielded sediment of the Paleocene and the early Eocene ages. This sediment is the oldest thus far recorded from the Atlantic outside of the continental margins. Its occurrence is consistent with the view that transverse fracture zones are faults along which sea-floor spreading has taken place.

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Davit For Handling Piston Corers, John C. Burke Jan 1968

Davit For Handling Piston Corers, John C. Burke

Journal of Marine Research

Most core rigs over 15 feet (5 m) in length are cumbersome, awkward, and in bad weather somewhat dangerous to handle. On all Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ships, coring is done over the side, using a hydraulically operated A-frame. In recent years, two methods have been used to transfer the core rig from its point of assembly to its 'down' position outboard, attached to the lowering cable....

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Nitrate Reduction And The Occurrence Of A Deep Nitrite Maximum In The Ocean Off The West Coast Of South America, Manuel Fiadeiro, J. D.H. Strickland Jan 1968

Nitrate Reduction And The Occurrence Of A Deep Nitrite Maximum In The Ocean Off The West Coast Of South America, Manuel Fiadeiro, J. D.H. Strickland

Journal of Marine Research

Between 10°S and 23°S off the coast of Peru, at depths where the oxygen concentration is less than 0.2 ml/l, a pronounced secondary nitrite maximum is found; for the same or gr eater depth range, results indicate a loss of nitrate in the water column. It has been assumed that either nitrate reduction has taken place or there has been an arrested oxidation of organic nitrogen....

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Seiche Motions For One-Dimensional Flow, D. J. Clarke Jan 1968

Seiche Motions For One-Dimensional Flow, D. J. Clarke

Journal of Marine Research

The linearized equations of motion for the case of one-dimensional flow are solved as a sequence of approximations for the modes of oscillation of a fluid in an enclosed basin by using Galerkin's method from the calculus of variations.

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Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. I. Intensity Patterns Of Bioluminescence In A Natural Environment, H. H. Seliger, W. D. Mcelroy Jan 1968

Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. I. Intensity Patterns Of Bioluminescence In A Natural Environment, H. H. Seliger, W. D. Mcelroy

Journal of Marine Research

Night and day patterns in the intensities of stimulable bioluminescense in Pyrodinium bahamense were measured during the period of April 1966 through May 1967 in Oyster Bay, Falmouth Harbor, Jamaica, West Indies….

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Spectral Dissipation Of Finite-Depth Gravity Waves Due To Turbulent Bottom Friction, Klaus Hasselmann, J. I. Collins Jan 1968

Spectral Dissipation Of Finite-Depth Gravity Waves Due To Turbulent Bottom Friction, Klaus Hasselmann, J. I. Collins

Journal of Marine Research

The spectral dissipation of finite-depth random gravity waves is evaluated for a given empirical relationship between the local bottom stress and the wave field. The dissipation is quasilinear. Computations for a quadratic friction law yield satisfactory agreement with wave measurements at two stations in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The International Oceanographic Tables, L. R.A. Capurro, W. D. Nowlin Jr. Jan 1968

The International Oceanographic Tables, L. R.A. Capurro, W. D. Nowlin Jr.

Journal of Marine Research

Tables I and II of the series International Oceanographic Tables have been in print for longer than a year. The oceanographic community is indebted to members of the Joint Panel on Oceanographic Tables and Standards (JPOTS), particularly to its chairman, Roland A. Cox, and to others, for the work represented by these tables.

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Seasonal Sequence Of Bioluminescence And The Occurrence Of Endogenous Rhythms In Oceanic Waters Off Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Charles S. Yentsch, J. C. Laird Jan 1968

Seasonal Sequence Of Bioluminescence And The Occurrence Of Endogenous Rhythms In Oceanic Waters Off Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Charles S. Yentsch, J. C. Laird

Journal of Marine Research

Seasonal sequences of bioluminescense in waters around Woods Hole were measured in 1961 to 1963. Peak activities occurred in October-November (once) and in April-May (twice). Bioluminescense at night is usually quantitatively greater than during the day. Greater differences during summer correlate with the seasonal maximum in solar radiation....

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Wave-Wave Interactions Of Surface And Internal Waves, Kern E. Kenyon Jan 1968

Wave-Wave Interactions Of Surface And Internal Waves, Kern E. Kenyon

Journal of Marine Research

A resonant energy-transfer theory is applied to the weak wave-wave interactions of random surface gravity waves and internal gravity waves in a constant Väisälä-frequency (exponential-density) ocean….

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Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. Ii. Effacts Of Flow Patterns And Exchange On Bioluminescent Distributions, J. H. Carpenter, H. H. Seliger Jan 1968

Studies At Oyster Bay In Jamaica, West Indies. Ii. Effacts Of Flow Patterns And Exchange On Bioluminescent Distributions, J. H. Carpenter, H. H. Seliger

Journal of Marine Research

From July 1966 to July 1967, regular observations and some experiments were carried out in Oyster Bay at the eastern end of Falmouth Harbor, Jamaica, W. I. This paper gives a general description of the area; it reports observations on the tidal movement, the density currents, the wind force and direction, and the water discharge by the Martha Brae River; and it correlates the flow patterns in Oyster Bay with observed bioluminescent distributions

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Further Investigation Of The Influence Of The Peripheral Antarctic Water Discharge On The Circumpolar Current, Victor Barcilon Jan 1967

Further Investigation Of The Influence Of The Peripheral Antarctic Water Discharge On The Circumpolar Current, Victor Barcilon

Journal of Marine Research

One- and two-layer models of the Antarctic Ocean are examined. Both the peripheral discharge (caused by melting and ablation) and the surface wind stress (due to an easterly wind system) are taken into account. It is shown that these two driving mechanisms partially counteract each other. As a result, the net zonal transport is smaller than that in the case of purely wind driving.

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