Texas Tower #4 (off New York) (fig, 12, 

 table 12)- -With only 1959 for comparison, little 

 can be said of the tennperature regime at this 

 station. The curve of 10-day mean values 

 shows considerably more fluctuation than would 

 be expected at an offshore station and vm- 



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doubtedly reflects advective processes near 

 the boundary of shelf and slope waters. 



Between September 12 and 13 surface tem- 

 peratures dropped by more than 6° F. as a 

 result of the passage of hurricane Donna. 





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60 



50 



40 



30 



JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. 



Figure 12.- Texas Tower »4 (off New York). (Dashed line mean for 1959.] 



OCT. 



NOV. 



DEC. 



Table 12.— Texas Tower #4- (off New York:) surface water temperature (° F.) 1960 



t39°48.4' N.. 72O40.6'W.] 



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