Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Temperature and salinity profiles of Atlantis II (a) and Discovery (b) sampling sites. Values were obtained with a high-range CTD device. For Atlantis II, four layers of stable temperature and salinity were clearly observed and labeled, while for Discovery, a single homogeneous convective layer was observed. An upper convective layer seems to be forming above the lower convective layer of Discovery Deep. Sampling depths are indicated with the arrows on the temperature lines.
