Browsing Reprints by Author "Johannessen, Ola M."

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    • A deep stepped thermohaline structure deep in the Mediterranean 

      Johannessen, Ola M.; Lee, Owen S. (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)
      A deep stepped thermohaline structure has been observed in the Tyrrhenian Sea below the Levant ine water salinity maximum. The layers are remarkably homogeneous starting with a thickness of 10 m - 20 m at 600 m and thereafter ...

    • A review of oceanic fronts 

      Johannessen, Ola M. (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1975/10)
      This paper will start with a brief account of oceanic frontal research. The definition of oceanic and acoustic fronts and the distinction between them will be discussed. Examples of frontal structure dynamics, correlation ...

    • Oceanic layered microstructure and fronts 

      Johannessen, Ola M. (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1971/12)
      This talk is divided into two parts: one deals with oceanic microstructure, with particular attention to the so-called "layered microstructure"; the other part is concerned with oceanic fronts. As an example of the latter ...

    • The Maltese oceanic front: a surface description by ship and aircraft 

      Briscoe, Melbourne G.; Johannessen, Ola M.; Vincenzi, S.; Furnes, F. (NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)
      Simultaneous observations by ship and aircraft of an oceanic fronta ! zone east of Malta in May 1971 show a predominatly north-south boundary between two water masses evidently formed by surface water from the western ...