Navy Hydrographic Office: 



E . K . Stanton Senior Oceanographer 



G. Hammond Oceanographer 



C.W. Backus Technician 



Office of Naval Research: 



S. R. Caller Head Biologist 



II. Northern Leg 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 

 Cooperators: 



W . W . Anderson Chief Scientist 



F.T. Knapp Biologist (Ceorgia 



Game & Fish Comm.) 



C.F. Arata, Jr . Biologist (Florida 



State Board of Conser- 

 vation) 



C . C . Bryant Chemical Aid 



Navy Hydrographic Office: 



E.K.Stanton Senior Oceanographer 



G. Hammond Oceanographer 

 E.G.Smithwick Oceanographer 



C.W. Backus Technician 



EXPLANATION OF DATA SHEETS AND TABLES 

 Oceanographic and Chemical 



Each of the items appearing on the sta- 

 tion data pages is explained below. All 

 doubtful data are indicated and were not used in 

 the construction of the curves from which the 

 interpolated values (standard depth values) 

 were derived. Observed values which were ob- 

 viously false were omitted entirely. A dash in 

 a table means that no value was available. In- 

 terpolations for standard depth values for 

 temperature, salinity, sigma-t, and oxygen 

 were IBM calculations; those for the chemical 

 constituents were derived from straight lines 

 between observed values . 



TTie profiles of salinity, temperature, 

 and density were prepared from these data, 

 and appear as figures 5-20. 



1 . Cruise Number . The first cruise over the 



established station pattern (fig. 1) was 

 numbered Gill 1, and subsequent cruises. 

 Gill 2 through Gill 9 (only Gill 2 is covered 

 by the present report) . 



2 . Station Number. Stations are numbered 



consecutively, starting with one, at the 

 beginning of each cruise. The station 

 pattern and numbers as shown in figure 1 

 were maintained on each cruise. If a 

 station or series of stations was not oc- 

 cupied, these station numbers are omitted. 

 Regular stations have numbers only; 

 standard and special stations are specif- 

 ically indicated. 



3 . Date. Month, day, and year are given . 



4 . Latitude and Longitude . The position of 



the station is given in degrees and minutes. 



5 . Time . Given in Greenwich mean time and 



is that hour nearest to the start of the first 

 cast. 



6. Depth. Is the observed uncorrected sonic 



sounding for the station, recorded in meters . 



7. Wind. Wind speed is given in meters per 



second. Direction from which the wind 

 blows is coded in degrees true to the near- 

 est ten degrees. The last zero is omitted. 

 North is 36 on this scale and calm is 00. 

 See table 1, "Compass Direction Conver- 

 sion Table for Wind, Sea, and Swell 

 Directions." 



8. Barometer. The barometric pressure is 



coded in millibars, neglecting the 900 or 

 1,000. Thus 996 millibars is coded as 

 96 and 1008 millibars is coded as 08. 



9. Air Temperature . Dry-bulb and wet-bulb 



temperatures are entered to the nearest 

 tenth of a degree (centigrade) . 



10. Humidity. The percent of humidity is 

 coded directly. 



