CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Commentary 1 



Summary for 1956-60 1 



Surface temperature 1 



The ther mocline 3 



Bottom water temperature 3 



Salinity 3 



Meteorological effects 3 



The I960 data: 



Surface temperature 4 



Bottom temperature 4 



Mt. Desert Rock Light Station 5 



Portland Lightship 7 



B os ton Lights hip 11 



Georges Shoal, Texas Tower #2 15 



Nantucket Shoals, Texas Tower #3 17 



Nantucket Lights hip 18 



Woods Hole, Massachusetts 22 



Buzzards Lightship 2 3 



Kingston, Rhode Island 25 



Ambrose Lightship 26 



Texas Tower #4 (off New York) 30 



Barnegat Lightship „ 31 



Five Fathom Bank Lightship 35 



Winter Quarter Lightship 39 



Chesapeake Lightship 43 



Diamond Shoals Lightship 47 



Frying Pan Shoals Lightship 51 



Savannah Lightship 55 



Literature cited 59 



FIGURES 



Frontispiece. Locations along the Atlantic coast reported herein 



1. Normal cycle of temperature at surface and bottom along the string of observation 



posts for I960 4 



2. Mt. Desert Rock Light Station 5 



3. Portland Lightship 7 



4. Boston Lightship 11 



5. Georges Shoal, Texas Tower #2 15 



6. Nantucket Shoals, Texas Tower #3 17 



7 . Nantucket Lights hip 18 



8. Woods Hole, Massachusetts 22 



9. Buzzards Lightship 2 3 



10. Kingston, Rhode Island 25 



1 1. Ambrose Lightship 26 



12. Texas Tower #4 (off New York) 30 



13. Barnegat Lightship 31 



14. Five Fathom Bank Lightship 35 



15. Winter Quarter Lightship 39 



1 6 . Ches apeake Lightship 43 



17. Diamond Shoals Lightship 47 



18. Frying Pan Shoals Lightship 51 



1 9 . Savannah Lightship 55 



