Ocean Temperatures along the West Coast of North America. 



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result. This is in good agreement with observations 16 (See also Figs. 

 20 and 21). 



Also the upwelling of cold water, which we have seen is confined 

 to a narrow belt next to the coast and depends on the component 



Station Number 

 Distance from Sfstion No. I 

 in Kilometers . 



Observed Distance fromCoAst 

 to Ed^e of Cold Water Be/t 



Ob served Breadth of Wind Belt 



Value of(X t + Xt) lisedlnfte 

 Temperature Formula 



Mean of the Three. Largest 

 Values of the Temperature 

 Differences _ 



Mean of the Temperature Dif- 

 ferences for the Whole Year 



Mean Annual Temperature 

 of Surface Water, LonO. 

 140 and Latitudes of the 

 Stations 



Mean Annual Temperatures 

 of /n-shore Water 



Mean of Three Greatest 

 Monthly Averages of 

 Wind Velocity 



Mean Annual VVind 

 Velocities 



Fig. 14. 



parallel to the coast of the local wind velocities would commence south 

 of latitude (50). And, as this cold water is carried out from the coast 

 along the stream lines, we would expect the cold-water area to increase 

 in width as the latitude diminishes. 



