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salinity inshore is highest. TirLs phenomenon has been observed 

 at Nantucket Shoals where the bottom offshore movement was deduced 

 to reach 2 miles per day {k cm/sec) and south of Long Island 

 where chilled coastal water contributed to the offshore lens of 

 cold water. 



0. The pycnocline develops only very weakly in the coastal 

 areas south of Cape Hatteras, hence allowing for greater vertical 

 mixing, compared to the pycnocline developed north of Hatteras. 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution B. H. Ketchum 

 19 March 1958 D. F. Buiapus 



