DATE 



NO OF HYDRO STATION 



NO. OF BT 



G M TIME 



LATITUDE (NORTH) 



LONGITUDE (WEST) 



SURFACE SALINITY %. 

 SURFACE TEMPERATURE 



393 394 395 396 



2045 2143 2240 2340 



36°4I2' 36=36' 36""30' 36°24' 



72"'58' 73°08' 73°I9' 73°29' 



DISTANCE (NAUTICAL MILES) 40 i 



LEGEND 

 ISOTHERM 



Figure 26.— Vertical temperature profile along the left boundary of the Gulf Stream between transects I and II. 



ing to develop in the area between transects 

 II and III. Thus, the Hkelihood exists that, in 

 the process of dissipation, at least part of the 

 mass of the interaction systems seen in the 

 general area of transects I and II was chan- 

 neled into secondary streams, and that these 

 streams developed farther downstream into a 

 multistream complex. 



RETURN OF MIXED WATER TO THE 

 GULF STREAM 



A considerable part of the mass of a dis- 

 sipating interaction system may be returned to 

 the main body of the Gulf Stream at deeper 

 levels than its point of origin. This assumption 

 is supported by the fact that water properties 

 in the interaction systems at depths of about 



GULF STREAM OFF CHESAPEAKE BAY 



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