CONTENTS 



Introduction, by Julien R. Goulet, Jr 1 



Summary, by Julien R. Goulet, Jr 3 



Papers 



1 Atmospheric circulation in 1976. by Elizabeth D. Haynes U 



2 Atmospheric climatology and its effect on sea surface temperature - 1976. by Robert R. Dickson 



and Jerome Namias 19 



3 Eastern Pacific sea surface conditions in 1976. by Elizabeth D. Haynes 35 



4 Sea surface conditions in the western North Atlantic in 1976. by Julien R. Goulet and Elizabeth 



D. Haynes 43 



5 Anomalies of monthly mean sea level along the west coasts of North and South America, by Dale 



E. Bretschneider and Douglas R. McLain 51 



6 Coastal upwelling off western North America, 1976. by Craig S. Nelson 65 



7 Oceanic conditions during 1976 between San Francisco and Honolulu as observed from ships of 

 opportunity, by J. F. T. Saur and Douglas R. McLain 77 



8 The 1976 El Nino and recent progress in monitoring and prediction, by William H. Quinn 93 



9 Sea surface temperature anomalies, by Douglas R. McLain Ill 



10 Fluctuations of sea surface temperature and density at coastal stations during 1976. by Douglas 



R. McLain 151 



1 1 Data on cold weather conditions along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts during the fall and winter of 

 1976-77. by J. Lockwood Chamberlin and Reed S. Armstrong 167 



12 Wind driven transport Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico, by Merton C. Ingham 175 



13 Sea surface temperature distribution from Cape Cod, MA, to Miami, FL, 1976. by Joseph W. 



Deaver III 209 



14 Water column thermal structure across the shelf and slope southeast of Sandy Hook, NJ, in 1976. 



by Steven K. Cook 231 



15 Anticyclonic Gulf Stream eddies off the northeastern United States during 1976. by David 



Mizenko and J. Lockwood Chamberlin 259 



16 River runoff along the middle Atlantic coast in 1976. by Elizabeth D. Haynes 281 



17 Climatic conditions related to the fish kill and anoxia off New Jersey during the summer of 



1976 by Reed S. Armstrong 289 



18 Variations in the position of the Shelf Water front off the Atlantic coast between Georges Bank 



and Cape Romain in 1976. by John T. Gunn 301 



19 Temperature structure on the continental shelf and slope south of New England during 1976. by 



R. Wylie Crist and J. Lockwood Chamberlin 315 



20 Continuous plankton records: zooplankton and net phytoplankton in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, 



1976. by Daniel E. Smith and Jack W. Jossi 337 



21 Siphonophore ("Lipo") swarming in New England coastal waters— update, 1976. by Carolyn A. 

 Rogers 349 



22 Bottom water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank during spring and autumn, 



1976. by Clarence W. Davis 353 



