deepwater is 0.70. Likewise, the probability of zero layer depth occur- 

 ring in areas of cold shallow water is 0.56. 



4. Thermal structure prediction over the Continental Shelf adjacent 

 to the Virginia Capes requires (1) additional research into dynamic 

 processes involved in the formation of the warm gyre and the cold wedge 

 detected in this study and (2) an increase of thermohaline data to 

 delineate the limits of these features. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 



The author wishes to thank the officers, scientists, and 

 crews of the USNS SANDS and the ASWEPS aircraft attached 

 to Oceanographlc Development Squadron Eight (VXN-8) for 

 their co-operation and effort In collecting and processing 

 the data used In this report. 



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