such a warm, saline Labrador Current was acterized as atypical, but if the salinity was 



present. It is believed that the water charac- high enough it would be classified as At- 



terized this year as Atlantic Current Water lantic Current Water. The temperature-salin- 



was Mixed Water whose proportion of Labra- ity curves at stations whei'e, for example, the 



dor Current Water was small and whose pro- top 300 meters were atypical generally graded 



portion of Atlantic Current Water was higher into Atlantic Current Water as the depth in- 



than normal. This would result in water char- creased in 1966. 



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