Posted on Oct 22, 2015
Which chemocline subtype is caused by a strong vertical salinity gradient within a body of water?
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As a National Association of Underwater Instructors diver, I understand the fact that there exist a subtype of chemocline caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient within a body of water. Fellow scuba divers should answer this one with ease. Because salinity affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification. Increasing salinity by one kg/m3 results in an increase of seawater density of around 0.7 kg/m3. In the midlatitudes, an excess of evaporation over precipitation leads to surface waters being saltier than deep waters. In such regions, the vertical stratification is due to surface waters being warmer than deep waters resulting in a destabilization of which chemocline subtype?
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Apparently, in the modern world, Google appears to be an extension of the right hemisphere of the brain. Great job.
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PO1 John Miller
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I must admit that Google was a great starting point for the majority of my college classes and the resources and references I ended up using contributed to my not only learning the topic I was researching but getting a passing grade as well.
I must admit that Google was a great starting point for the majority of my college classes and the resources and references I ended up using contributed to my not only learning the topic I was researching but getting a passing grade as well.
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PO1 John Miller While I am no Oceanographer, Mainly because they did not offer that at ODU so I had to settle with a degree in Nuclear Physics, I have been known to interpret a few BT drops along the way. Now we were more interested in Thermoclines. Yet at the end of my adventure I owned the Mine Warfare Environmental Database or MEDAL an application in Global Command and Control System (GCCS) , "geeks" never liked that acronym I was partial to JOTS, "Jerry O. Tuttle System", I was JOTS FOTC qualified in 1986. MEDAL was the collection of all data to include bottom mapping and characterizing the salinity content of the water column. So since you already had your answer I figured I would pontificate on my physical oceanographic prowessness.
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PO1 John Miller
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As an RM/IT, I am familiar with GCCS, particularly the GCCS-M (Maritime) version as it was one of the systems that I as an IAM was overall responsible for.
As an RM/IT, I am familiar with GCCS, particularly the GCCS-M (Maritime) version as it was one of the systems that I as an IAM was overall responsible for.
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I love this COL (Join to see)!!!!! Ain't no PADI divers even knowin' about no "clines" of ANY type!!!
NAUI OR NOTHIN'!!!!!
It's a "halocline"...
NAUI OR NOTHIN'!!!!!
It's a "halocline"...
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SPC Ken Sawyer
I transitioned from NAUI to PADI and to be honest with you never heard this before lol
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