CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION 



A. General 1 



B. Observational and Analytic Techniques 4 



II. ROSS SEA OCEANOGRAPHY 



A. General 6 



B. Antarctic Surface Water 9 



C. Winter Water 21 



D. Antarctic Circumpolar Water 21 



E. Shelf Water 26 



F. Sound Velocity Structure .29 



G. Dynamic Topographies 37 



REFERENCES 43 



APPENDIX 



A. Oceanographic Station Data 45 



