d. Typical values of temperature changes at 

 different depths due to the absorption of 

 radiation 

 The above considerations have been used to compute 

 the data presented in table I, which gives an indication 

 of the magnitude of the temperature changes that might be 

 expected at different depths and at various latitudes resulting 

 from the absorption of radiation alone. These data were 

 computed for a typical February and August day by using a rea- 

 sonable mean altitude of the sun in each case. The percentage 

 of cloudiness was assumed to be $0 , and r was allowed to vary 

 linearly with latitude within the limits described in section 

 2a above, the extinction coefficients were taken from a table 

 of typical values for clear oceanic water presented on page 

 107 of The Oceans ( 19l|-2 ) 



Table I 



Typical daily temperature changes ( °F ) due to 



absorption of racUation at various latitudes 



and depth intervals. 



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