Journal Of The Washington Academy Of Sciences Vol 4

Author : Frederick Leslie Ransome
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267518111
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 4 written by Frederick Leslie Ransome and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 4: 1914 In the pocket-like Gulf of Alaska the rotation of the earth causes the water of the antarctic current to pile up, and to rise nearly, in the winter possibly in some places quite, to the sur face. Over the surface Of this cold antarctic water flows the wind impelled drift from the kuro-siwo, which divides, part of it skirting the northern part of the Gulf of Alaska, and part flow ing southward down the coast. The water Of the kuro-siwo drift and the antarctic water are of the same salinity, and there fore they mix readily. Hence the southern derivative from the Kuro - Siwo drift, the so-called California current, as it flows southward dissolves into itself the cold water of the antarctic stream immediately beneath it, presenting the curious phenom enon Of a current flowing southward, yet at the same time becoming colder and colder. In the southwestern portion of the basins of the Pacific, At lantic and Indian oceans the abyssal water slowly rises and, flowing southward, takes the place in the circumpolar antarctic circulation of the water lost thru the Humboldt, Benguela and Australian currents. In the central portion of the oceanic basins the general motion of the water is from east to west, the water lost from the currents flowing northward across the basins and being picked up by the southerly currents on the other side. This circulation is rapid in the high southern latitudes, diminishing in intensity northward. The water of the circumpolar west wind drift of low southern latitudes, north of the true antarctic current, is mainly surface water from the north caught up and driven forward by the strong wind. This west wind drift forms a band dividing the abyssal antarctic circulation from the superficial circulation further north. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.