deep water mass

C6875
concept

A deep water mass is a large, relatively homogeneous body of seawater formed at high latitudes that sinks and spreads through the deep ocean, characterized by distinct temperature, salinity, and chemical properties.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
deep water mass canonical 6
intermediate water mass 4
Mediterranean water mass 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: deep water mass
Generated description
A deep water mass is a large, relatively homogeneous body of seawater formed at high latitudes that sinks and spreads through the deep ocean, characterized by distinct temperature, salinity, and chemical properties.

Instances (11)

Instance Via concept surface
Atlantic Water oceanographic water mass
NADW
Labrador Sea Water
North Atlantic Deep Water
Arctic Intermediate Water intermediate water mass
Antarctic Intermediate Water intermediate water mass
Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water
Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water
North Atlantic intermediate waters intermediate water mass
MOW Mediterranean water mass
Indian Ocean Deep Water