Table 4. — Comparison of Bubnov's characteristics of Subartic Intermediate Water with the characteristics of the -20 

 salinity anomaly on Ocean Station CHARLIE, April 1967 to April 1968. 



of SAI. The means and standard deviations of 

 the sea surface temperatures and salinities were 

 computed for all cruises on Ocean Station 

 CHARLIE (Table 5). Table 5 and the char- 

 acteristics of the -20 salinity anomaly (Table 4) 

 show that Ocean Station CHARLIE was in the 

 area of formation of SAI during April 1967 to 

 June 1967 and January 1968 to April 1968. 



Bubnov (1968) proposed two areas of forma- 

 tion of SAI. Ocean Station CHARLIE is near 

 Bubnov's southern area of formation (fig. 32). 



Although he admitted the lack of winter and 

 summer data, Bubnov believed that SAI was 

 formed during the entire year in both the north- 

 ern and the southern areas. Due to the close 

 proximity and similar climatological conditions 

 in the area of Ocean Station CHARLIE and the 

 southern area of formation, it is vinlikely that 

 SAI was formed from July to November 1967 

 in the southern area. No conclusions can be 

 made for the northern area of formation based 

 on Ocean Station CHARLIE data. 



Table 5. — The means and standard deviations of the sea surface temperature and salinity on Ocean Station CHARLIE 



April 1967 to April 1968. 



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