1912. No. 12. 



THE SEA WEST OP SPITSBERGEN. 



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»99 Î905 1908 1910 



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In this table there F'?- 33- Curve I. Temperature- Anomaly of Spitsbergen Atlantic 

 r ■ ^ Current off northern west coast of Spitsbergen (scale to the 



IS a very lair agreement, , ^, ^ „ ,, » , , .. ^ 



left). Curve II: Mean Anomal3' of Air-Temperature durmg 

 especially between the the winter (from Dec. I to May 311 at the five northern 

 variations in the anonia- Meteorological Stations of Norwaj' (scale to the right). 



lies of the five northern J I87S 1S% Î898 



stations of Norwa}' and +^7 



the variations in the 



hypothetical anomalies 



of the temperature of 



the Spitsbergen Current 



in the southern region 



of Isachsen's Sections 



(Sects. I and II). 



Curves demonstrat- 

 ing the variations in the 

 above-mentioned anoma- 

 lies are represented in 

 Figs. 33 and 34. The 

 agreement between these 

 curves is striking, especially considering the very imperfect obser\'ation- 

 material upon which the curves of the Spitsbergen Current are based. 



It seems as if the results of this investigation of the variations in the 

 temperature of the Spitsbergen Atlantic Current compared with the varia- 

 tions in the winter-temperature of Norway is a remarkably good verifica- 

 tion of the correctness of our views held forth in our memoir on the 

 Norwegian Sea [1909] as to the close relation between the temperature of 

 the Adantic Current in the southern Norwegian Sea and the air-temperature 

 of the following winter in Norwa}-. 



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