Monthly temperature and salinity measurements of continental shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH11.A335 no. 707 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorTemple, R.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHarrington, D.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin, J.A.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:52:57Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:52:57Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description34 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractTemperature and salinity observations made monthly from January 1963 to December 1965 at 48 stations in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico are presented. Off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas monthly average temperatures of surface and bottom waters at station depths of 7, 14, 28, 46, and 73 m exhibited seasonal trends that were similar over a 3-yr period. Monthly average temperatures of surface and bottom waters were generally similar at station depths of 7 and 14 m, but differences were noted at station depths of 28, 46, and 73 m and increased with depth. Salinities of surface and bottom waters varied markedly at 7 and 14-m stations, whereas at deeper stations seasonal fluctuations were resticted primarily to surface waters. The magnitude of yearly salinity fluctuations decreased with an increase in distance offshore. The effects of the seasonal freshwater inflow of the Mississippi River and other Louisiana rivers on salinities were clearly apparent in Louisiana and Texas offshore waters, although in the latter case there may have been a one or two month lag.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Islanden_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyNovember 1994en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19635
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeGalveston, Texasen_US
dc.publisherU.S. National Marine Fisheries Serviceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1876.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesNOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS-SSRF-707en_US
dc.subjecttemperature measurementen_US
dc.subjectsalinityen_US
dc.subjectsalinity gradientsen_US
dc.subjecthydrographyen_US
dc.subjecttemperature gradientsen_US
dc.subjectseasonal variationsen_US
dc.subjectriver dischargeen_US
dc.titleMonthly temperature and salinity measurements of continental shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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