level between this pair of stations on the eastern side of the eddy to 

 have a phase difference from the Bermuda-Charleston section and this 

 difference is about Sl4 months. 



MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB. MARCH APRIL 



Figure 16. — Mean seasonal variation in difference in sea level between Bermuda and Charleston com- 

 pared with that between Horta and Lagos, Portugal. 



In figure 16 the curves representing the fluctuations at the two sec- 

 tions are shown for comparison, the two curves being displaced with 

 respect to each other by the 83^ months by which the eastern section 

 leads the western section. The curves are not similar throughout, the 

 July-August minimum of the eastern section which would correspond 



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