Table 1.— SUMMARY OF VELOCITY SECTIONS ACROSS LABRADOR 

 CURRENT OCCUPIED IN 1954 



More detailed stud}^ of the circulation in the upper 1,000 meters, 

 with special reference to the Labrador Current, has been made in 

 recent years through the examination of the volume of flow, mean 

 temperature, and heat transport of that current across selected 

 vertical sections. In 1954 this study included 21 occupations dis- 

 tributed among 9 different sections. Sections T, U, and W are lo- 

 cated as follows: T extending southeasterly from about 46°20' N., 

 49°00' W. ; U extending eastward from the Grand Banks at about 

 45° N. ; W extending southward from the Grand Banks at about 

 50° W. Rough approximations to normal seasonal variation rela- 

 tionships have been developed for these three sections and were pub- 

 lished in bulletin No. 36 of this series. Rough normal seasonal 

 variation relationships for the sections NW, SW, and SE, comprising 

 the sides of the Bonavista triangle, were published in bulletin No. 39 

 of this series. The results of the 1954 occupations of these sections 

 have been compared with these seasonal normals. The South Wolf 

 Island section has been occupied 17 times in as many different years 

 from 1928 to 1954, most of the measurements having been made at 

 about the same time of year. The results of the 1954 occupation of 

 this section have been compared with average values. For the sec- 

 tions F (between Flemish Cap and the Grand Banks) and H (between 

 sec. F and the Bonavista triangle) there are insufficient data on which 

 to base average values for comparison. Table 1 summarizes the 

 results of the velocitv sections across the Labrador Current occupied 



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