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MAY 30 - JUNE 19, 1959 



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Figure 1. --Track of Hugh M. Smith cruise 52. 



cruise period the winds exceeded force 5. In 

 contrast, winds exceeding force 5 were record- 

 ed for 60 percent of the 21-day Scofield cruise ; 

 winds reached a maximum of force 8. 



PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS 



Temperatures 



Bathythermograph casts were made to 900 



feet at intervals of 30 to 60 miles along the 

 cruise track of the Smith, and in addition a 900- 

 foot and a 400- or 200-foot cast were made on 

 all fishing stations. Casts to 400 feet were made 

 from the Scofield approximately every 20 to 90 

 miles. The bathythermograph logs are repro- 

 duced in tables 2 and 3. The vertical tempera- 

 ture sections with accompanying bucket temper- 

 atures are shown in figures 3 and 4. The plots 

 are based on BT slides processed at the Bureau 



