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sect 



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oc cu 



the 



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 body 

 5-135 

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 75. 



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was m 

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 m at a 

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 f a wa 

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rem 

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 elli 

 yond 

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 with 

 nant 

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 form 

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 the 

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 m 

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 drawn 

 s of 9 

 -m dep 

 rested 

 ed by 

 mage ry 

 se c t i 

 re end 

 of the 

 eday / 

 an ed 

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about 

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 than in 

 C water 

 t h . An 



on the 

 count e r 



s howed 

 on line 



of the 



water 



but the 



dy but 



beyond 



BOTTOM TEMPERATURES IN 1976 



Ihe Shelf Wat£r Cycle 



The seasonal bottom temperature cycle in the waters south of New 

 England is most pronounced in the Shelf Water region^ shoreward 

 of the zone where Slope Water contacts bottom (Colton and Stod- 

 ard 1973; Wright 1976). A general chronology and description of 

 the seasonal Shelf Water cycle for this region is given by 

 Biqelow (1933). 



Duri ng 1 

 about 

 obse rvat 

 1974 an 

 ( Ch amber 

 as in 

 t emper at 

 mid-Marc 

 be low 3 

 e xt r erne I 

 coast in 

 minimum 

 value is 

 the 50- 

 i sot he rm 

 trend c 

 1978)^ a 

 m i ni mum 



976/ t 



30-m 



i ons f 



d 197 



I in 19 



Febr ua 



ure at 



h 197 



C . T 



y w ar 



Febru 



obser 



wi t hi 



m i so 



s move 



onf o rii 



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at 7 



he o 



dept 



rom 



5/ 



78) 



ry 



dep 

 5 i 

 he 



m a 

 a ry 

 ved 

 n th 

 bath 

 d se 

 ed 



h th 

 5-m 



bse rve 

 h in 

 as sha 

 the bo 

 indi ca 

 1976. 

 t h s ar 

 t was 

 early 

 i r te 

 (Dicks 

 bottom 

 e rang 



r cool 



award 

 c lose I 

 e re co 

 depth/ 



d mi 



ear 

 How 

 tt om 

 ted 



In 



ound 



be 



war 

 mpe r 

 on 1 



t em 

 e de 

 ing 

 to t 

 y t 

 rded 



for 



m mu 



ly 



as 



t em 

 that 

 Ma 

 30 

 low 

 mi ng 

 at ur 

 976) 

 per a 

 sc r i 

 cont 

 he J 

 o t 



m i n 



e X a 



m bott 

 Feb rua 

 30 m w 

 per atu 



the Ti 

 rch 1 



m ro 

 3C and 



i n 

 e con 

 In 

 tu r e <i 

 bed by 

 i nued 

 pper s 

 hat i 

 i mum w 

 mp le/ 



om tern 

 ry. 



ere I 

 re di a 

 i n i mum 

 976/ 

 se ab 

 in Ma 

 1976 

 d i t ion 



dept 

 as abo 



Bige 

 at the 

 lope . 

 n 1974 

 as so 

 was ab 



pera 

 Alth 

 acki 

 gram 

 s we 

 howe 

 ove 

 rch 

 was 

 s a 

 hs 



ut 4 



low 



bot 



The 



and 



mewh 



out 



t ure 

 ojgh 

 ng f 

 s for 

 re ab 

 ve r / 



4C/ 

 1974 



cons 

 long 

 of 4 

 C in 



(193 

 torn i 



t i mi 



1975 

 at w 

 1C wa 



was 2.5 



temper 



or Feb 



those 

 out the 

 the b 

 whe rea 

 was pro 

 i s t e n t 

 the At I 

 C-50 m/ 

 Mar ch . 

 3). B 

 nt o Apr 

 ng of 



( C hamb 

 armer . 

 rmer th 



C/ at 

 at ure 

 ruar y 

 years 



same 

 ot torn 

 s in 

 bably 



ij i t h 



ant i c 



the 



This 

 eyond 

 i I as 



this 



er I i n 



The 



an in 



^EOFA (Experimental Ocean Frontal Analysis)/ 22 December. 



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