CONTENTS 



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FOREWORI) ill 



INTRODUCTION 1 



SURVEY DESIGN 2 



Station Locations . 2 



Instrumentation *.... 2 



Observational Technique ..*.* 3 



Supplementary Observations .•.*.... 3 



DATA ANALYSIS k 



I^gnetlc Corrections a « k 



Central Vector Diagrams ..... h 



Progressive Vector Diagrams .... k 



Hodographs ^ 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 5 



THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS . 8 



CONCLUSIONS .^ 8 



REFERENCES 17 



APPENDIXES 



Appendix A. Wind and Current Data, Stations A, B, and C . . . 19 



Appendix B. Japanese Current Meter Data, l8 Meters ...... 27 



Appendix C. Central Vector Diagrams • 35 



Appendix D. Progressive Vector Diagrams 53 



Appendix E. Hodographs 63 



Appendix F. Net Displacements and Mean Currents • 7I 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figure 1. Station Locations 10 



Figure 2. ARGUS ISLAND 11 



Figtore 3. Low-Velocity Roberts Current Meter 11 



Figure k. Electronic Bathjrthermograph Hoist - Series 60O ... 12 



Figure 5« Buoyed Japanese Current Meter System 13 



Figiire 6. Subsurface Float Opened to Show Camera, Electronic 



Flash Units, and Readout Dials 1^ 



Figure 7. Sample Film Record Showing Three Current-Temperature 



Observations 1^ 



Figiire 8. Theoretically Deduced Flow Over Plantagenet Bank 



Above 30 Fathoms 15 



Figure 9. Theoretically Deduced Flow Arovmd Plantagenet Bank 



Below 30 Fathoms 15 



