TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Title Page i 



Abstract \\{ 



Table of Contents v 



List of Illustrations v 



List of Tables v'i 



Introduction \ 



Procedures 2 



Oceanopraphic Samplinoj 2 



Quality Control 3 



Navigation 4 



Current Meters 4 



Data Presentation 5 



Data Listing 5 



Surface Contours 5 



Mean Vertically Averaged Signia-t, <Tt 5 



Dynamic Height Contours 5 



Vertical Section Contours 5 



Results 6 



Cold Core g 



High Salinity Core of Slope Wafer 7 



Temperature-Salinity Correlations 7 



Circulation 7 



An Anticyclonic Eddy in the Slope Water 8 



References _ 20 



Illustrations n 



Appendix A — Oceanographic Data 40 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



^^9ure p^g 



1. Station and section locations, August 1974 11 



2. Data processing flow diagram 12 



3. Sea surface temperature distribution, 8-20 August 1974 (°C) — 13 



4. Sea surface salinity distribution, 8-20 August 1974 (%„) 14 



5. Sea surface temperatures from August 1974 ART flight; track 



of eddy (°C) : 15 



6a. Mean vertically averaged sigma-t, August 1974. (Arrows show 



current computed from Bishop, 1975) 16 



6b. Dynamic height relative to 1000 decibar surface, August 1974 



(dyn. m.) 16 



7. Vertical distribution of temperature, .section A, August 1974 



(°C) 17 



