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that the Labrador Current was shallowei' in 1931 than in any of 

 the other years. This agrees also with the variations noted for the 

 above period off Cape Farewell and Ivigtut, when a deficit was 

 recorded there in the volume of the West Greeidand Current. 



The profiles for the few summers recorded indicate in general 

 a decrease in the transport of the current near the latitude of Belle 



_^ 4 



Q 



Z 



o 2 

 o 



UJ 



« - 



QC 

 UJ 



a. 



CO 



oe 10 



UJ 



I- 



Ul 



3 8 



SHELF BAND 



1933 



SLOPE BAND 



1933 



1931 



1928 



< 1933 



TOTAL NET CURRENT 



K L M N P Q 



S E C T I N S 



Pi(;l:re 75. — The volume of the shelf band, the slope band, and the total net southerly 

 flow of the Labrador Current, sections K to Q, expressed in millions of cubic meters 

 per second. 



Isle. This is attributed partly to the influence of the Strait of 

 Belle Isle and the uneven topography of the Newfoundland shelf 

 and partly to countermovements associated with the Atlantic Cur- 

 rent. The volume of the inshore margin of the Atlantic Current 

 which intersected the offshore end of section O (fig. 71) in 1931 has 

 been computed as 5.6 million cubic meters per .second. The observa- 



