CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Field procedures 1 



Water sannpling program 1 



Bathythermograph observations 2 



Meteorological observations 2 



Subsurface illumination and water color measurements 2 



Observations by the charter vessels 2 



Laboratory procedures 3 



Chen-iistry 3 



Oceanographic processing 3 



Literature cited 3 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE Page 



Frontispiece: Chart showing the tracks completed by the charter vessels (solid lines) 

 and the Hugh M. Smith cruise 40 (dashed line) and John R. Manning 

 cruise 36 (dotted line) in the NEPAS area 



1. Track chart showing the positions of the oceanographic stations and 



temperature profiles for Hugh M. Smith cruise 40 (NEPAS) 5 



2. Track chart showing the positions of the temperature profiles for 



John R. Manning cruise 36 (NEPAS) 6 



3. NEPAS charter vessel tracks 7 



4 - 16. Hugh M. Smith cruise 40 (NEPAS) temperature profiles 8 



17 - 27. John R. Manning cruise 36 (NEPAS) temperature profiles 13 



28. Surface tennperature in the NEPAS area 17 



29. Surface salinity in the NEPAS area 18 



30. Anomaly of the geopotential topography of the sea surface (geostrophic 



currents) relative to the 1,000 decibar surface 19 



