Paper lb 



25 km). This was also evident in the monthly mean frontal 

 positions (Fig. 18. 6) discussed above. It was also interesting 

 to note that the seaward displacements of the yearly mean frontal 

 position from the general north-south trend/^ at l^ontauk Point and 

 Cape henry/' ace evident in all three years. 



The variability of the front/ as reflected by the standard devia- 

 tion (Table IR.i; Fiq. 18. 7b)/^ increases in 1976 along the bear- 

 inn lines from Nantucket to Cape Henry. Inspection of the weekly 

 frontal position graphs seems to confirm this/ with greater 

 amplitude excursions and intrusions more prevalent in 1976. 



INTRUSION OF SLOPE WATER OVER GEORGES BANK 



This type of seasonal coveraqe also occurred in the previous 

 years . 



two 



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the Atlantic coast between Cape Romain 

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 Ocean variability: Effects on U 

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and Georges Bank in 



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INGHAM/. M . C . 



1976. Variations in the shelf water front off the Atlantic 

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