Temperature (top) and salinity (bottom) as functions of latitude and depth in the Pacific Ocean. (The image includes the Arctic Ocean on the extreme right.)

Note the uniformity of both properties below 1000 m depth; the temperature is in the range 0 - 4°C, the salinity is near 34.6 - 34.7.

Click here to enlarge the upper 1500 m of the diagram.

© 1996 M.Tomczak, based on OceanAtlas by J. Swift, J. Osborne and E. P. Flinchem.

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