appreciable current at the bottora tha calculated values are less than the 

 absolute value s. 



Explanation of Tables . The experimental data and calculated dynaiaic 

 quantities have been ar:.'anged in 4 tables. ■ An outline of these. .tables 

 and their contents is as follows: 



Table I, section (a) gives the temperature and chlorinity data and . 

 calciilatcd djiiainic quantities for the different stations .and sections es- 

 tablished in Bering Sea. The same general form is used for each station. 

 The station headings are for the most part self explanatory and contain the 

 following information: station's nuiaber, position of station, date and time 

 of sampling, the bottora depths as obtained by sonic soundings, and the 

 physical nature of the bottom or bottom BStdiiaent , f or. stations at v?hich these 

 observations were .made. 



The significance of the various columns is as follows: 



Colimm 1. Depth in meters at which samples T;ero taken. The values arc 

 regarded as numGrically equal to the pressure in docibars. 



2. Corrected tomperaturos, degrees centigrade. 



3. Chloriiiity, parts per mille, ?. (a) Salinity, parts per mille. 



4. (y ^ = (P g .j. Q - 1) 10 , where 9 ^ .(. ^ is the density as computed 



from the -SaiiperctturG .and chlorini.-ty but not corrected for 

 pressure, ' ■ 



^* 0^s,t,p - (^s,t,p - 1) 10 , where ? g -j- p is the density in situ. 



^* 0(^ s, t p ^^ -'-*-' aquals the specific volimie in situ multiplied by 



■ io^. 



7. Dynamic depths below the surface of corrasponding iscbaric 

 levels of Colimm 1', expressed in units of dynamic meters, 



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In general, observations ?rore rim do at certain standard 

 depths but in a number of instances this was not possible. So^that direct 

 comparisons could be iioade between stations in these cases, the observed data 

 were interpolated or extrapolated to other depths. These interpolated or 

 extrapolated values and calculated quantities based thereon appear in the 

 table enclosed by parentheses ( ) . 



Observations of doubtfu.l value from any cause have been rejected and 

 are not listed in the t,j.ble. 



Table I, section (b) cont-iins additional chemical data for the stations 

 given in Table I, and is arranged in a similar manner. The columns in 

 Table I may be explained as follov/s: 



Column 1. Depth in meters 



■ : 2. Soluble phosphate concentration expressed in units of microgram ' 

 atoms phosphorus per kilogram of sea i/ater. 



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