[Coral-List] Volume of the Caribbean Sea?

alan.e.strong at noaa.gov alan.e.strong at noaa.gov
Wed May 6 17:08:40 EDT 2009


Sverdrup et al. [1942]  states [page 15] that the Caribbean contains 
9.573 million cubic km!

Close enough??

Cheers,
Al

David Baker said the following on 5/6/2009 12:21 PM:
> Greetings Listers,
>
> I'm curious if anyone has an estimate of the volume of the Caribbean  
> Sea? I'm interested in any geographic range (i.e. with or without the  
> Gulf of Mexico, coastal areas only, etc.), so general responses are  
> welcomed. Feel free to contact me off-list dmb98 at cornell.edu.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave
>
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