Twelve drift bottles were released 

 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- 

 tion on each of 40 inshore stations. The 

 bottles used were 8-ounce , clear glass 

 soda bottles approximately 22 cm. high and 

 6 cm. in diameter. To reduce wind drift 

 the bottles were ballasted with clean dry 

 sand, so that they floated vertically at or 

 near the surface. The tabulated results 

 are given in table 16. 



Lightning struck the vessel during a 

 severe rain squall early on the southern 

 leg, damaging the radio antenna, some elec- 

 tronic equipment, other electric equipment, 

 and the ship's magnetic compass. No one 

 was injured by the incident. 



Scientific personnel participating in 

 the cruise were: 



I. Southern Leg 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 



Office of Naval Research: 



Cooperators : 



William W. Anderson 

 Jack W. Gehringer 



Joseph E. Moore 



Charles P. Goodwin 



Chief Scientist 



Fishery Research 

 Biologist 



Chemist (Georgia 

 Game and Fish 

 Commission) 



Chemical Aid 



Navy Hydrographic Office: 



Melvin Light 

 Clarence Janifer 

 John Duncan 



Senior Oceanographer 



Oceanographer 



Oceanographer 



Office of Naval Research: 



Robert A. Pedrick Chemist (Cheapeake 



Bay Institute) 



II. Northern Leg 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 

 Cooperators: 



William W. Anderson Chief Scientist 

 Jack W. Gehringer Fishery Research 



Biologist 

 Charles P. Goodwin Chemical Aid 



Navy Hydrographic Office: 



Melvin Light Senior Oceanographer 

 Oceanographer 

 Oceanographer 



Clarence Janifer 

 William Deebel 

 C. W. Backus 



Blair Kinsmin 



Oceanogr apher 

 (Chesapeake Bay 

 Institute) 



EXPLANATION OF DATA SHEETS AND TABLES 

 Oceanographic and Chemical 



Each of the items appearing on the 

 station 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 obviously false were omitted 

 entirely. A dash in a table means that no 

 value Wcis available. Interpolations for 

 standard depth values for temperature, 

 salinity, sigma-t, and oxygen are IBM cal- 

 culations; those for the chemical constitu- 

 ents were derived from straight lines 

 between observed values. 



The 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 7 is covered by the present report) . 



2. Station Number . Stations are numbered 

 consecutively, starting with one, at 

 the beginning of each cruise. The sta- 

 tion pattern and numbers as shown in 

 figure 1 were maintained on each cruise. 

 If a station or series of stations was 

 not occupied, these station numbers are 

 omitted. Regular stations have numbers 

 only; standard and special stations are 

 specifically 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. 



Technician 



Pep 



th. 



Is the observed uncorrected 



sonic sounding for the station recorded 

 in meters. 



