part of the Atlantic Current, G, wliich recurved northwestward west 

 of the section. G may be considered to include a small amount of 

 water from the U.S. and Canadian shelves, and G and D together 

 make up E. The Labrador Current, F, crossing the section to the 

 westward, recurves and recrosses the section, with some admixture of 

 water from G and D, as mixed water paralleling and on the northern 

 side of E. The net contribution of the Atlantic (\n-rent to the east- 

 ward of the Grand Banks, then, is E plus C. 



The following table summarizes the volume transports of these 

 various components found during the foiu- occupations. Units are 

 millions of cubic meters per second. \'alues of components are com- 

 puted except where otherwise indicated. Values (h'ri\-ed ])y sum or 

 difference of other com])onents are indicated \)y (d). Values (h'tcr- 

 mined graphically by planimeter are indicated by (p). Some of the 

 values are less reliable and ai-e considered estimates labeled (e). It 

 appears that in 19(i0, a closed counterclockwise eddy was present near 

 the southern end of the section and consequently the southeastward 



Figure 34. — Temperature distribution along meridional section at 50°15' W 

 from data collected 7-10 April 1960. 



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