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that the Labrador Current was shallower in 1931 than in any of 

 the other years. This agrees also with the variations noted tor the 

 above period off Cape Farewell and Ivi^tut, when a deficit was 

 recorded there in the volume of the West Greenland Current. 



The profiles for the few summers recorded indicate in general 

 a decrease in the transport of the current near the latitude of Belle 



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2 8 

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8 

 6 

 4 

 2 



1933 



SHELF BAND 



1928 

 1931 

 1933 

 1934 



I933<L 



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SLOPE BAND 



I933<i 



1931 



1926 



TOTAL NET CURRENT 



L M N P 



S E C T I N S 



FiGDEE 75.— The volume of the shelf band, the slope band and the total net southerly 

 flow of the Labrador Current, sections K to Q, expressed in millions of cubic meters 

 per second. 



Isle. This is attributed partly to the influence of the Strait of 

 Belle Isle and the uneven topography of the Newfoundland shelf 

 and partly to coiintermovements associated with the Atlantic Cur- 

 rent. The volume of the inshore margin of the Atlantic Current 

 which intersected the offshore end of section O (fig. 71) in 1931 has 

 been computed as 5.6 million cubic meters per second. The observa- 



