ABSTRACT 



This report contains the results of a study of the ocean currents 

 over Plantagenet Bank, Bermuda from 1 to 15 August 1961. 

 These current data, presented as central vector plots, hodo- 

 graphic plots, and progressive vector diagrams, reveal influ- 

 ences due to w/inds, thermal stratification, and bottom friction 

 superimposed upon a net south-southeasterly flow. The cur- 

 rent in the southern region of the Bank was clearly rotary and 

 displayed somewhat irregular characteristics which were ap- 

 parently associated with eddy turbulence. Obvious tidal 

 influences were not revealed. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Advice and assistance of IVIr. H. A. O'Neal, Director of Engineering Applica- 

 tions, Office of Naval Research, and Cdr. R. E. Tyler, U. S. N., Office of Naval 

 Research, Project Officer Bermuda, is especially appreciated. Appreciation 

 is also e){pressed for assistance provided by the following Oceanographic 



