of sections T, U, and W. These sections are defined as follows: Section 

 T, running southeasterly from about 46°20 ' N., 49°00 ' W. ; section U, 

 extending east and west at about the 45th parallel; and section W, 

 running south off the Grand Banks at about the 50th meridian. Each 

 of these sections were occupied three times during 1941. For purposes 

 of comparison, these data are listed in table 1 with the results of the 

 68 previous occupations of these sections from and including 1934. 

 Mean values for each section have been arrived at by giving each year 

 equal weight so as not to give undue emphasis to the characteristics 

 of any year when the particular section was occupied more than once. 



TABLE 1. — Showing volume of flow in million cubic meters per second, mean temperature 

 in °C., and minimum observed temperature in °C., of the Labrador Current in the Grand 

 Banks region. 



SectiouT: 

 1934-. 

 1935- . 



1936 



1937 



1938 



1941.. 

 Mean. 



Section U: 

 1934.. 

 1935.- 

 1936.. 

 1937.. 



1939. 

 1940. 



1941.. 

 Mean. 



Section W: 

 1934.. 



1937.... 

 1938...- 

 1939.-.. 



1940 



1941.... 



Mean. 



Mar. 16 to Apr. 15 



Vol- 

 ume 



5.71 

 3,70 



5.78 

 4.26 



3.7 

 7.20 

 3.54 

 5.62 

 9.01 

 7.43 



0.54 

 5.44 

 7.43 

 6.13 



2.0 

 2.31 

 1.54 

 2.16 

 1.31 



Mini- 

 mum 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



-0.65 

 -0.84 



-1.66 

 -0.82 

 -1.29 

 -1.20 

 -1.51 

 -0.24 



-0.55 

 -1.04 



-1.59 

 0.26 



Apr. 16 to May 15 



\o\- 

 ume 



1.8 



2.1 



4.1 



3.23 



3.53 



6.70 



4.55 



4.96 



3.48 

 5.92 



5'80 

 6.34 

 7.15 

 3.34 



3.13 



8.78 

 5.48 

 5.78 

 3.81 

 6.85 

 4.31 

 5.34 

 4.84 



Mean 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



1.53 

 1.67 

 2.85 

 1.83 

 1.83 

 4.26 

 0.74 

 2 63 



1.11 

 0.98 

 1.06 

 1.90 

 5.66 

 1.60 

 2.25 



1.19 



2'6i 

 2.85 

 2.33 

 4.75 

 1.59 

 2.81 

 3.11 

 3.19 

 2.65 



Mini- 

 mum 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



-1.66 

 -1.71 

 -1.56 

 -0.43 

 -1.49 

 -1.79 



-1.37 

 -1.24 

 -0.94 

 -1.56 

 -0.71 

 -1.55 

 -0.52 



-1.15 



'6"02 

 0.08 



-0.99 

 39 



-1.52 



-0.03 

 0.15 

 0.01 



-0.45 



May 16 to June 15 



Vol- 

 ume 



1.5 



2"7i 

 3.15 

 1.96 

 3.88 



.3 '52 

 5.82 

 3.83 

 3.31 

 2.99 



3.11 

 4.46 

 3.90 

 2.29 

 5.14 



7'i9 



6"88 

 7.30 

 8.36 

 4.91 



2.76 

 5.93 



Mean 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



2.06 

 2.90 

 1.55 

 1.85 



2'24 



3.13 

 2.39 



1.56 

 1.75 

 3.14 

 1.72 

 3.80 



2!2i 



3"6i 



2.83 

 3.04 

 2.53 



-1.50 

 -1.47 

 -1.22 

 -1.67 



-i'26 

 -0.55 

 -1.42 

 -0.95 

 -1.37 



-1.70 

 -1.28 

 -1.23 

 -1.29 

 -1.43 



-6" 74 



-6"35 

 -0.62 

 -0.60 

 -1.16 



1.18 

 1 62 



June 16 to July lo 



1.88 

 4.30 

 2.62 



3.02 



4.78 

 7.74 



8.62 

 5.00 



3.40 

 5.07 

 2.26 



Mean 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



2.19 

 1.74 

 1.44 



3.29 

 2.39 



3.52 

 2.03 



2.53 



2.42 

 1.82 



3"34 



2"S9 



tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



-1.25 

 -1.62 

 -1.53 



-0.73 

 -1.37 



-0.04 



-1.27 



-0.76 

 -1.59 

 -1.49 



'0"39 



-0'35 



Table 1 shows that with the exception of the first occupation of 

 section W, the volume of flow was markedly greater than the 8-year 

 mean at all occupations of all sections in 1941. Table 1 is inconclusive 

 regarding the first occupation of section W, because its date is nearly 

 mridway betw^een April 1 ami May 1 an-d because of the increase in the 



