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SUBJECT INDEX 



International Ice Patrol, 37, 106, 111, 220 

 Irminger Current, 164, 170 

 Isobaric surfaces, 95 



absolute topography, 99, 100, 168 

 inclination of, 96, 103, 104 

 relative topography, 99, 100-103, 107, 

 168 

 illustrated, 107, 132, 203 



K 



Kirchhoff's law, 3 

 Kuroshio, 92, 197-200 



annual variation of temperature, 78, 

 79 

 illustrated, 79 



definition, 197 



eddy coefficients, 23, 24 



energy given off from, 230 



illustrated, 205 

 Kuroshio Countercurrent, 197, 198 

 Kuroshio Extension, 198, 199 



definition of, 197 

 Kuroshio system, 197 



energy given off from, 230 



Labrador Current, 168, 169, 177 

 icebergs carried by, 221 

 illustrated, 177 

 Laminar boundary layer, 118 

 Laminar flow (motion), 16-18 

 Law of parallel solenoids, 109 

 Level surfaces, 98 



M 



Mediterranean Sea, currents, 179 



illustrated, 180 

 Mediterranean Water, 178, 179 



formation, 84, 157 



influence on Atlantic Deep Water, 211 



renewal, 179 



spreading, 91, 173 

 illustrated, 173 

 Messengers, 43 

 Mixing length, 118 

 Momentum, transfer, 8, 18 



N 



Nansen water bottle, 41, 43 



illustrated, 42 

 Nocturnal radiation (see Radiation) 

 North Atlantic Current, 168-172 



definition, 164 



illustrated, 171 



North Equatorial Current: 



Atlantic Ocean, 163, 183 

 illustrated, 171 



Indian Ocean, 188 



Pacific Ocean, 193-196 

 illustrated, 205 

 North Pacific Current, 199, 200 

 North Pacific Subarctic Current (see 



Aleutian Current) 

 North Polar Sea: 



currents, 176 



deep water, 157 

 Norwegian Current, 174-176 



illustrated, 175 



relation to Gulf Stream system, 164 



Oceanographic expeditions, 35 



Oceanographic vessels, 35-37 



Oxygen content: 

 illustrated, 213, 216 

 indicator of convection, 170, 171 

 indicator of deep-sea currents, 211 

 related to layer of no motion, 110 

 tables, 170, 212 



Oyashio, 199, 200 



Pendulum day, 94, 95 

 Peru Current, 189-192 



comparison with California Current, 

 201-204 



water of, 162 

 Pettersson photographic recording cur- 

 rent meter, 94 

 Photoelectric cells, 28 

 Piling up of water by wind, 121 

 Planck's law, 2, 3 

 Polar Front, 232, 234 

 Potential temperature, 14 

 Precipitation, 5, 71, 73 



difference (E - P), 71-73 

 illustrated, 71 



table, 72 

 Pressure (see also Isobaric surfaces): 



internal field, 101 



slope field, 103 



standard field, 101 



units used, 10 



R 



Radiation: 



absorption in atmosphere, 1, 5, 7, 51 

 absorption in pure water, 26, 29 



illustrated, 54 



table, 29 



