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INDEX 



Sounding 



profiles of approaches to land in 



Pacific, determined by, 152 

 program, 52 



results of different methods, 56, 57 

 with piano wire, 47 

 accuracy, 48 

 Sounding velocity 



deep-water observations, 61 



table, 62-63 

 effect of seasonal variation, ^ 61 

 for depths down to 2500 meters, 61 



table 2 (Oceanogr. I-B, p. 183) 

 vertical sections, 61-62 



British Admiralty tables, 61 

 South Pacific easterly current, 107 



velocity, 112 

 South Pacific tropical current, 108 



velocity, 112 

 Stratosphere, oceanic, 89 



Temperature 



accuracy of Challenger data, 89 

 annual variation at 100 meters, 



Pacific, 91 

 Antarctic intermediate water, South 



Pacific, 94, 95 

 Arctic intermediate water, 97,98,99 

 bottom water of Pacific, 102, 103 



table, 103 

 effect on salinity, 72, 73 



Temperature 



evaporation, importance to surface, 



94 

 North Atlantic, 83-86 

 Pacific, earlier presentations, 88 

 Peruvian Basin, deep water, 94 

 potential North Atlantic deep water, 



86 

 potential Pacific deep water, 104 



table, 104 

 sea-surface values. Pacific, 90 

 surface, importance of upwelling, 94 

 Temperature distribution, horizontal 

 sea-surface values. Pacific, 90 

 subsurface levels. Pacific, 91-93 

 vertical profile. Pacific, 88 

 Temperature distribution, vertical. 



Pacific, 93-100 

 Temperature -salinity relation 

 North Atlantic, 86 

 Pacific, 100, 101 

 Thermometers 



comparison of depth, wire and sonic 



methods with, 55-58 

 protected reversing, 5 



comparisons between accuracy, 



10 

 errors, 5-7 

 unprotected reversing 



accuracy of depth determined 



by, 14 

 depth determined by, 11 



Thermometers 



depth by thermometers compared 



with wire length, 12 

 errors, 11 

 Thermometer reversing frames, 3 

 Thorshavn . 105 

 Troposphere, oceanic, 89 



topmost layer, 93 

 Tuamotu Archipelago, 151 

 Tuscarora Deep. 149, 152 



Upwelling 



importance to surface temperature 



and salinity, 94 

 off the coast of California, 109 

 off the coast of Peru, 108 



Water bottles, 3 



Water samples 

 accuracy, 16 

 depth, 15 



West Atlantic Depression, 150 



Wire angle, variation with depth, 15 



Wire length 



depth by thermometers compared 



with, 12 

 ratio between depth and, 15 

 ratio between depth to bottom and, 47 

 sounding with piano wire, 47 

 accuracy, i8 



