Standard Salinity Profile

This image shows a generalized salinity-depth profile for the South Atlantic Ocean. Click on image for full size (43K JPEG) Windows Original This is a salinity versus depth profile for ocean water. This salinity versus depth profile is typical of the South Atlantic ocean. Salinity versus depth profiles at other locations in the ocean could look quite different. In this profile, salinity at the surface is high and then salinity decreases until a depth of about 1,000 meters. Salinity then increases again slightly with increasing depth. The halocline are layers of water where the water's salinity changes rapidly with depth.

Salinity of the Ocean

Density-Depth Profile of Ocean Water

Temperature-Depth Profile of Ocean Water

Last modified August 31, 2001 by the Windows Team

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