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Current pattern at surface determined from dynamic 

 topography relative to 1, 200-meter level .«•• 



Current pattern at 100 meters determined from dynamic 

 topography relative to 1,200-meter level .•«•••.«». 



Current pattern at £00 meters determined from dynamic 

 topography relative to 1, 200-meter level «••«>«..• 



Current pattern at 1,000 meters determined from dynamic 

 topography relative to 1,200-meter level ••••••.• 



Current pattern at surface determined from dynamic 

 topography relative to liOO-meter level . • • „ 



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Surface currents USS PURSUIT GEK observations l>;-28 March 

 1953 



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Surface currents RV ATLANTIS GEK observations 18 March to 

 13 April 1953 •••.•••••••'••••••••••• 



Surface currents USS SAN PABLO GEK observations 29 May to 



9 June 1953 8 »»«eo«oeoe»»»o»»««««» 



Direction and volume of transport calculated to an average 

 depth of 920 meters — USS PURSUIT data «„«..... 



Current speeds (knots) calculated from volume transport 

 through cross sections of 920 meters average depth «, , . 



Surface current speeds (knots) computed from dynamic 

 topography relative to ^00-meter level 



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Comparison of USS PURSUIT T-S data and T~S curve for 

 Yucatan Channel, redrawn from Iselin, 1936 2 (a) (PURSUIT 

 stations having lowest dynamic heights relative to I4OO 

 meters; and (b) PURSUIT stations taken in southwestern 

 section during latter phase of survey •••••••• s 



Selected portions from temperature«salinity curves of 

 USS PURSUIT stations in the northwestern section of the 

 survey area 



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Surface current measurements exhibiting tidal 



characteristics • • • • .«.. 13 



