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The cold core bottom water warmed to the Level of 

 warm Slope Water by the end of September/^ about a 

 than in 1974 and 1975. 



the ad 3 acent 

 month earlier 



At the end of the year^ followinq record cold 

 f a 1 1 /^ the Sbelf Water was 3-4C colder than in 

 years . 



weather in the 

 the previous two 



Maximum bottoai temperatures in the warm Slope Water zone on the 

 outer shelf were not recorded below 12C nor above 14C during the 

 year. 



Three Gulf Stream warm core eddies apparently passed south of New 

 England during 1976 (the same number as in 1974 and in 1975) but 

 the first twor in late spring and late summer/' were weakly 

 developed and their influence on bottom temperatures moderate. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Several scientists kindly supplied the data for the temperature 

 sections: Robert C. Beardsley^ Woods hole Oceanog raphi c Institu- 

 tion (WHOI)/^ sections 1/- Zr and 9; Bradford Butman^ U.S. 

 Geological Survey/^ Woods Hole^ MAr section 6; Steven K. Cookr 

 Atlantic Environmental Group (AEG)x N^FS/ sections 8r 10^ 11r and 

 12; William G. Metcalfr WHOI/ section 16; Henry Jensen^ Samuel 

 R. Nickerson/' and W. Redwood wright/^ Northeast Fisheries Center/ 

 Woods Hole/ MA/ sections 3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 13/ 14/ and 15. Reed 

 S. Armstrong/^ AEGr gave his usual valuable advice. 



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1976. The water structure/ mean currents/ and she If -w.at e r / 

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BIGELOW/ H. B. 



1933. Studies on waters on the continental shelf/ Cape Cod to 

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BOICOURT/ W. C./ and P. W. HACKER. 



1976. Circulation on the Atlantic continental shelf 

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