These temperature inversions are a characteristic feature of bathythermogranns 

 that we have taken at or very near the Equator. Six temperature-depth traces, taken during 

 cruises along various longitudes and at various times, are shown on figure 7. Similar traces 

 made 10 to 30 nniles in a north-south direction from those depicted in figure 7 seldonn show 

 evidence of the inversion. During cruise 16 of the Hugh M. Smith, salinity samples were taken 

 near the upper and lower depths of one of the inversions. The stable character of this feature, 

 as evidenced from its relationship to the signna-t surfaces, is shown on figure 7, lower panel. 



Table 2. --Average wind direction and speed for observations 

 recorded between latitudes listed in colunnn 1 



