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drag of wind, 78-82 

 'dynamic' currents, defined, 19 



eddies, 6, 51 ff. 



edge of Stream, 51 fif. 



Ekman, V. W., 11, 13, 78, 142, 153-159, 



166, 168 

 electrical current measurement, 14, 55, 69 



Ferrel, W., 10 



filament, fresh, 63-65 



Fjortoft, R., 127 



Florida Current, 22-23, 136-143 



Fofonoff, N., 113 



Folger, T., 4-5 



Forchhammer, G., 10 



Ford, W., 60, 63-65 



Francis, J., 80-82 



Franklin, B., 4-5 



free solutions, 113 



fresh-water streaks, 63-64 



friction in sea, 18; lateral mixing, 106- 



107; role of, 156; in theories, 83-103 

 front, 49 



Froude number, 115 

 Fuglister, F. C, 6, 19, 24, 45, 61, 100, 128, 



143; interpretations of data , 70, 72-74; 



meanders, 51, 52 



G. E. K. See towed electrodes 



General Greene, 29, 32 



geostrophic equations, defined, 17 



Groves, G., 102 



Gulf Stream System, term defined, 22 



Harrison, J., 5 



Haurwitz, B., 128 



Hela, I., 136 



Helland-Hansen, B., 10 



Helmholtz, H. von, 126 



Hidaka, K., 84, 101, 156 



Humboldt, A. von, 6 



hydrographic stations: described, 12, 



62 n.; rerun of, 67, 162 

 hydrostatic assumption, 16 

 hypotheses, testing of, 177-178 



Ichiye, T., 147 

 index chart, 43 

 inertial theory, 116-125 

 infrared bolometer, 14 

 instability of meanders, 126-130 

 instantaneous Gulf Stream, defined, 107 

 intensification, westward, 87-93 

 Iselin, C. O'D., 6, 11, 29; hydrographic 

 survey work, 44-45; nomenclature, 



22-23; transport of Stream, 19, 97, 

 130, 162; variations in transport, 143— 

 147, 175-176; water masses, 31-32, 

 66-70 



Jacobs, W., 33 

 jet stream, 105 



Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron, 



126-127 

 Kepler, J., 3 

 Keulegan, G., 80 

 Kircher, A., 3 

 Kohl, J. G., 2-3 

 Kuo, H.-L., 128 

 Kuroshio, 83, 96-101, 136, 152 



Laplace. P., 4, 9 



Laval, A., 4 



Lescarbot, M., 2 



leveling survey, 137 



level of no motion, 19, 158-172, 177 



Longuet-Higgins, M. S., 14 



Loran, 15 



Louisiane, 4 



Malkus, W., 13, 58 



Maury, M. F., 5, 7-8 



meanders, 51-55, 128, 129-135; defined, 



51 

 Mediterranean Water, 32, 167 

 Morula, 3 

 messenger, 12 

 Meteor, 29, 34, 166, 169 n. 

 Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 41, 167, 170 

 MitcheU, H., 8 

 mixing across Stream, 62-65, 98-99, 



106-107 

 Miyazaki, M., 102 

 Monaco, Prince of, 5 

 Montgomery, R. B., 68, 80, 82, 87, 107, 



142; density charts, 34—40; isentropic 



analysis, 184; transport of Florida 



Ciurent, 136, 137, 140; variations in 



currents, 146 

 Moore, P. J., 69 

 Morgan, G., 104, 107, 112, 113, 147, 149, 



151; inertial theory, 116-125 

 Multiple Current Hypothesis, 70 

 Multiple Ship Survey of 1950, 45, 51-52, 



63-65, 128, 132; called 'Operation 



Cabot', 45 

 Munk, W. H., 84, 106, 112, 116, 149, 154- 



162 passim, 167; viscous theory of the 



Stream, 93-103 

 Murray, K., 138 



