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Figure 28. — Salinity distribution off Cape Farewell, Greenland, 3-5 August 1950. 



low, being 34.99''/oo. As seen from figure 28, the cross sectional area 

 in which the salinity exceeded 34.95°/oo was small. Although in 1949 

 the drop in temperature which accompanied the drop in salinity was 

 sufficient to increase the density by about 0.10 in o-t, in 1950 the 

 densities were about normal. 



The dynamic topography of the sea surface in the immediate vicinity 

 of the section from South Wolf Island to Cape Farewell is shown in 

 figure 29. The general features of circulation in the vicinity of this 

 section which are characteristicaUy present are to be found here with 

 fewer complications of pattern than is usual. The eddy or meander 

 that is associated with the shoal off Hamilton Inlet, the Labrador 

 Current, the counterclockwise circulation in the central part of the 

 Labrador Sea, and the west Greenland Current off Cape Farewell all 

 are present. Graphical and numerical examination of the volumes 

 of flow and heat transport across this section on the Labrador side 



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