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Oceanographic Prediction Division 

 Marine Sciences Department 



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3 REPORT TITLE 



ASWEPS SHALLOW WATER INVESTIGATION - VIRGINIA CAPES AREA, FEBRUARY -MARCH 1967 



4. DESCRIPTIVE NOTC3 (Type of report and inclusive dales) 



Technical Report (February-March 1967) 



8 AUTHORISI (First name, middle initial, last name) 



Alvan Fisher, Jr. 



e REPORT DATE 



July 1968 



7a. TOTAL NO. OF PAGES 



19 



76. NO. OF REFS 



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None 



b. PROJECT NO. 



9a. ORIGINATOR'S REPORT NUMBERIS) 



TR 208 



ASWEPS Report No, 14 



HJR.I»UTipN STATEMENT 



This publication is available at $0.60 per copy from the Naval Oceanographic Office at the address noted below. Order 

 by publication title. Advance payment is required by check or money order payable to the Naval Oceanographic 

 Office. Contractors shall forward requests through contract representatives. Commander, Naval Oceanographic 

 Office, Attn: Code 40, Washington, D. C. 20390. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



12- SPONSORING MILITARY ACTIVITY 



U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 

 Washington, D. C. 20390 



3. ABSTRACT 



The thermal structure of a rectangular area approximately 130 kilometers 

 on a side over the Continental Shelf seaward of the Virginia Capes was investi- 

 gated between 24 February and 11 March 1967. Sea surface temperature patterns 

 agree with previous surveys in that isotherm orientation generally paralleled 

 the coast with highest temperatures observed offshore. Zero or positive verti- 

 cal temperature gradients predominated, but some trsmsient negative gradients 

 occurred. Warm water in the southeastern quadrant of the survey area is 

 probably Gulf Stream water advected northwestward into the survey area. The 

 warm water moved northward during the survey. Chesapeake Bay discharge flowed 

 seaward south of Cape Henry. On the basis of this survey, the development of 

 thermal structure prediction techniques appears feasible providing a knowledge 

 of local conditions and sufficient synoptic data are available. 



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