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The measurement and interpretation of near‐surface sea‐temperature profiles
Author(s) -
Houghton D. M.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708235414
Subject(s) - climatology , sea surface temperature , interpretation (philosophy) , environmental science , geology , surface (topology) , heat transfer , meteorology , oceanography , atmospheric sciences , geography , mechanics , mathematics , geometry , physics , computer science , programming language
Preliminary measurements of the temperature distribution in the topmost three metres of the open ocean have been made from an Ocean Weather Ship. The two profiles recorded are discussed in relation to the important problem of heat transfer near the sea surface.