adjusted area, A, was 4.10 and 2.63 for the first and second sur- 

 veys respectively. These figures are to be compared with 3.62 and 

 1.60 respectively, computed from the 1952 prediction formula 

 A=6.97(H-5.07)-1.67 where H, expressed in feet, is the sea level 

 at Charleston minus the departure from average sea level at 

 Bermuda IIV2 months earlier. 



The Labrador Current has been studied in some detail for a 

 number of years through the examination of the velocity and tem- 

 perature distribution in vertical sections which have been repeat- 

 edly occupied. The section across the West Greenland Current 

 off Cape Farewell also has been studied in the same manner 

 although the dates of the various occupations and those of the 

 section across the Labrador Current are not as widely distributed 

 over the spring and summer months as are those for the sections 

 in the Grand Banks region. The various sections have been des- 

 ignated as follows. Sections NW, SW and SE are the north- 

 western, southwestern and southeastern sides of the Bonavista 

 triangle which is defined by its corners located just off Cape 

 Bonavista, Newfoundland, 50° N., 49° W., and about 47 c 20' N., 

 50°00' W. Section H is roughly parallel to the southeastern side 

 of the Bonavista triangle and extends north-northeasterly from 

 about 47°10' N., 49°15' W. Section G extends northeasterly from 

 about 47°10' N., 48°40' W. Section F 2 is an east-west section be- 

 tween the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap along the parallel of 

 47°15' N. Section F is similar to F, but about 30 miles farther 

 south. Section T extends southeasterly from about 46°20' N., 

 49°00' W. Section U extends easterly from the Grand Banks at 

 about 45°00'N. Section W extends southerly from the Grand Banks 

 along the meridian of 50° 15' W. 



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