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Some records of sea temperatures in the English Channel in February 1963

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

N. A. Holme
N. A. Holme
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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In mid-February 1963, a survey of sea temperatures in the western English Channel was made by means of a thermistor towed continuously behind the ship, also by water-bottle samples in a limited area between Plymouth and the Lizard. Evidence is given that surface temperatures, as measured by the thermistor, were representative of the whole water column. Sea temperature records from Torquay indicate that at this time temperatures were near their minimum for this exceptionally cold winter; at Plymouth where sea temperatures are usually more erratic because of estuarine influences the minimum had already been passed. A comparison with data for previous years at Plymouth shows that during January, February and March mean temperatures were lower than in any corresponding month since records were started in 1898.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , November 1963 , pp. 701 - 707
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1963

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