LIST OF FIGURES 



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1, Svirface cuirents north of 50°N ....*.... 3 



2. Schematic diagram of Alaska Current ....♦ 8 



3« Subsurface current speeds in Bering Strait ....... 12 



4. Boundaries of California Cvirrent. ,, 14 



5. Computed current speed profiles, Cape Horn Current ... IT 



6. Gheerved current profile. Cape Horn Current ....... l8 



7. Boundaries of DavidBon Current .*..»........ 21 



8. Directions, speeds, and "boundaries of Mentor Current . . 26 



9. Surface and subsurface flow of Peru Current ....... 28 



10. Upwelling and weakening of Peru Current ......... 32 



LIST OF TABLES 



1, Directions and speeds of Alaska Current in regions shown 



in Figure 1 ...*......•••.. 7 



2. Surface and near-bottom currents off the coast of 



Alaska .•«.•*.... .*••*.... 10 



3* Directions and speeds of California Current ....... ik 



4. Directions and speeds of Davidson and California 



Currents «..**..... ....... 21 



5. Offshore winds In the vicinity of 40°N 22 



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