THE NEAR-SURFACE LAYER OF THE OCEAN
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Figure 5-40. Observations during strong diurnal warming near 2.2
o S, 161.7
o E during COARE
cruise EQ-3. The upper part of the figure shows records of (a) pressure, (b) temperature, and (c)
salinity. The lower part shows corresponding contour plots (d) of V W versus P and (e) of T versus
V W . Wind speed is 0.5 m s
-1 - 1.0 m s
-1 , direction 297-339
o ; ship speed is 5.5 m s
-1 , direction 338
o ;
height of swell waves observed from the bridge ~1 m, direction ~50
o . Reproduced from Soloviev
and Lukas (1996) by permission of American Meteorological Society.
350
Figure 5-40. Observations during strong diurnal warming near 2.2
o S, 161.7
o E during COARE
cruise EQ-3. The upper part of the figure shows records of (a) pressure, (b) temperature, and (c)
salinity. The lower part shows corresponding contour plots (d) of V W versus P and (e) of T versus
V W . Wind speed is 0.5 m s
-1 - 1.0 m s
-1 , direction 297-339
o ; ship speed is 5.5 m s
-1 , direction 338
o ;
height of swell waves observed from the bridge ~1 m, direction ~50
o . Reproduced from Soloviev
and Lukas (1996) by permission of American Meteorological Society.