Archive image from page 314 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 277 affords many other examples ; the distribution of temperature in the remarkable Agulhas Current, for instance, is explained in this way. The Norwegian coast-current presents a good example of the effect of the earth's rotation on the inclination of the water- Om, 100 . 200 Fig. 187.—The Sognefjo
Archive image from page 314 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 277 affords many other examples ; the distribution of temperature in the remarkable Agulhas Current, for instance, is explained in this way. The Norwegian coast-current presents a good example of the effect of the earth's rotation on the inclination of the water- Om, 100 . 200 Fig. 187.—The Sognefjord Section in May 1903. (Fig. 165 shows the same section in May 1904.) layers. Fig. 187 shows the conditions in May 1903 along a section through the Norwegian Sea from the mouth of the Sognefjord to the west; on the right, close to the land, the coast-water attains a depth of about 100 metres. By heating in the course of spring and summer this water becomes lighter Om.
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