and section T below normal. Section H showed a characteristic 

 increase, but was well below normal for the season. 



Sections G, F2, and F showed an increase in volume transport as 

 the season progressed, with section F below normal for the season, 

 section G going from below normal to above normal, and section F2 

 above normal for the entire season. There was a decrease in volume 

 transport across the Bonavista triangle as the season progressed, 

 with above normal transport at the beginning of the season which 

 gradually decreased to a below normal flow at the end of the season. 

 Characteristically the volume transport, for the entire season, leaving 

 the Bonavista triangle through sections SW and SE, was greater 

 than that entering through section NW. The Labrador Current 

 volume transport in the vicinity of South Wolf Island, Labrador, 

 was above normal in July. 



Figure 31. — Schematic representation of circulation deduced from sections 

 occupied in 1963. Numerals indicate volume transport in units of m^X 10^/sec. 



During the first part of the season, mean temperatures were below 

 normal, with the exception of sections SE and F2, and minimum 

 observed temperatures were all well below normal except for section U. 

 The latter part of the season showed an overall warming trend with 

 higher mean temperatures and with some above normal and some 

 below normal. The influx of warm water below the latitude of 

 Flemish Cap was very apparent from the figures, although minimum 

 observed temperatures remained predominantly below normal. 

 During the postseason Bonavista triangle occupation, the Labrador 

 Current volume transport had diminished to below normal, and both 

 mean temperatures and minimum observed temperatures were 



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