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Section 3. NOAA RV Albatross IV Cruise 76-C1/- 23-24 February. 



The mixed Shelf Water was Q.5-2C colder than in the previous 

 section^ made two weeks earlier/ and was at the minimum observed 

 during the year. The underlying intrusion of warm Slope Water on 

 the outer shelf was of similar dimensions to that in the previous 

 section^ but Lacked an isolated core of water warmer than 12C. 



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EOFA (Experimental Ocean Frontal Analysis)/ 4 and 11 February. 



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