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bottom temperature of 1.35° C. (p. 188), greater Avarming of the 

 intermediate water will be necessary there than in other convectional 



Figure 146. — Temperature-salinity corrplations for the Labrador Sea: H, intermediate 

 water; X, boundary between intermediate water and deep water; — , Irminger- 

 Atlantic water off Cape Farewell in summertime; A, Irminger-Atlantic water off Cape 

 Farewell in March ; O , deep water. 



regions of the Labrador Sea, if the nearly uniform regional tem- 

 perature which it has in summer is to be attained. 



As a result of vertical convection in winter, it is probable that 

 steep density gradients are established to considerable depths be- 



