CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Methods ^ 



Results 2 



Gulf of Mexico transects 2 



Loop Current 2 



Low salinity surface water 2 



Eddies 2 



Cape Hatteras transects 3 



Gulf Stream 3 



Cold cell 4 



Shelf water-slope water front 5 



Low salinity surface water 6 



Eddies 6 



Middle Atlantic Bight transects '7 



Gulf Stream ^ 



Cold cell 7 



Shelf water-slope water front 8 



Low salinity surface water 9 



Eddies 9 



Gulf of Maine transects 10 



Acknowledgments ^^ 



Literature cited 1^ 



Appendix 12 



Figures 



1. Variations in cold cell temperature and depth along the MORMAC transect 8 



2. Distance between the estimated center points of an anticyclonic eddy crossed in October 1975 10 



Tables 



1 . Crossings of the Loop Current made by SOOP vessels in 1975 2 



2. Low salinity (<34.57..) coastal water encountered by SOOP vessels in the Gulf of Mexico in 



1975 2 



3. Eddies transected in the Gulf of Mexico by SOOP vessels in 1975 2 



4. Gulf Stream crossings in the Cape Hatteras area by SOOP vessels in 1975 3 



5. Cold cell crossings in the Cape Hatteras area by SOOP vessels in 1975 5 



6. Shelf water-slope water front crossings in the Cape Hatteras area by SOOP vessels in 1975 ... 5 



7. Low salinity ( <34.57..) coastal water encountered by SOOP vessels in the Cape Hatteras area 



in 1975 6 



8. Eddies transected in the Cape Hatteras area by SOOP vessels in 1975 6 



9. Gulf Stream crossings in the Middle Atlantic Bight by SOOP vessles in 1975 7 



10. Cold cell crossings in the Middle Atlantic Bight by SOOP vessels in 1975 7 



11. Shelf water-slope waterfront crossings in the Middle Atlantic Bight by SOOP vessels in 1975 . 9 



12. Low salinity (<34.57..) coastal water encountered by SOOP vessels in the Middle Atlantic 



Bight in 1975 10 



13. Eddies transected in the Middle Atlantic Bight by SOOP vessels in 1975 10 



APPENDIX FIGURES 

 Gulf of Mexico Transects 



1. Delta .Sud— 1-2 January 1975 12 



