. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. OBSERVED DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY 167 The lowest surface-temperature recorded (Fig. yb) was io° C, off the mouth of the Orange river, but all along the coast as far south as the Cape of Good Hope the temperatures remained below 130 C. In 31° to 32° S. oceanic water with a temperature of 150 C. approached more closely to the coast, but to the north of this the coastal water extended far seawards, forming a broad tongue with its axis extending westwards in 29 ° S. In contrast to su
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. OBSERVED DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY 167 The lowest surface-temperature recorded (Fig. yb) was io° C, off the mouth of the Orange river, but all along the coast as far south as the Cape of Good Hope the temperatures remained below 130 C. In 31° to 32° S. oceanic water with a temperature of 150 C. approached more closely to the coast, but to the north of this the coastal water extended far seawards, forming a broad tongue with its axis extending westwards in 29 ° S. In contrast to survey I the Orange river line of stations, which occupied the same positions on both surveys, lay on the northward side of this tongue of colder water. To the north of these stations oceanic water again intruded towards the coast in 280 S. The low salinities in the vicinity of the 20- S 25°H \PE FRIO WiMOWE POIXT CAPE CROSS U'ALl'IS BAY COXCEPCION BAY io-4-. SYLVIA HILL CAPE FRIO MOWE POIXT A CAPE CROSS LVIS BAY XCEPCIOX BAY ORANGE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
Size: 1053px × 2374px
Photo credit: © Paul Fearn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectocean, booksubjectscientificexpediti
