Contents 



Page 



Abstract "i 



Oceanography of the Grand Banks Region of Newfoundland 



in 1965 1 



Introduction 1 



Narrative 1 



General 1 



Additional projects 2 



Instrumentation 2 



Personnel 3 



Dynamic height charts 3 



General 3 



Treatment of data 4 



Chart discussion 4 



General circulation 5 



Volume and heat flow 5 



Dynamic height changes 5 



Isobaric slope 6 



Eastern banks and slope controls 6 



Circulation response 7 



Future work 8 



Isentropic analysis 8 



Basic concepts 8 



Chart preparation 9 



Chart analysis 9 



Isentropic and geostrophic comparison 10 



References 12 



Illustrations (A) 13 



Tables (A) 38 



Interim reports 41 



Iceberg deterioration 41 



Introduction 41 



Previous \\ork 41 



Theoretical analysis 42 



Statistical approach 47 



Data collection 49 



Data correlation ^0 



References ^1 



Illustrations (C) 53 



Tables (C) 64 



Papers 65 



An examination of vertical sampling methods and their 



influence on dynamic height calculations 65 



Introduction 65 



Sampling methods 65 



Continvious sampling devices 68 



References '" 



Illustrations (D) ''I 



Tables (D) 79 



Tables of oceanographic data "^ 



