FiciTRE 24. — Dynamic topography of the sea surface relative to the 1,000-decibar 

 surface, from data collected 13-16 July 1963. Oceanographic station positions 

 are indicated and the station numbers given at turning points. 



Figure 21, representing conditions found during the second survey, 

 demonstrates a well-defined Labrador Current from the northwest 

 leg of the Bonavista triangle southeastward to the northeast corner 

 of tlie Grand Banks and then southwest along the eastern slope of 

 the Banks. As the current moves southeastward across the Bona- 

 vista triangle, it becomes better defined until it reaches the 48th paral- 

 lel where it curves to the eastward, expands gradually and makes a 

 wide sweeping curve to the south, narrowing again at the easternmost 

 boundary of the Grand Banks. There is some flow of very cold 

 slow-movine; Labrador Current water onto the Banks above the 48th 



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