as given In talkie II may be applied to different types of 

 temperature distributions is presented in figure 1. Here curve 

 A might represent Tp(z) (typical temperature change) for winter, 

 and curve B for summer. To show the effect more clearly, Qg 

 was taken over a three-day period. In this figure the effect 

 of the initial temperature distribution is noticeable. With 

 a typical shallow summer thermocline, as is shown in curve B, 



Table II 

 WIND SPEED (KNOTS) 



-? -1 



Amount of heat (g. cal. cm. day ) that is lost to 



the ocean due to exchange with the atmosphere for 

 various wind speeds and sea-air temperature differ- 

 ences. 



the change in temperature of the mixed layer will be much 

 greater than with a deep thermocline for an equal loss of 

 heat. In addition, it will be noticed that the sharper or 

 more intense the discontinuity at the thermocline the less 

 will be the change in the depth of the thermocline due to 

 convectional cooling. 



b. If salinity data are available in addition to 



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