Table 4.— Percentages of temperature class intervals (TCI's) in the southern Middle Atlantic Bight during autumn 1967-76. 















TCI 











Observed 



Year 



4°-6°C 



6°-8°C 



8°-10°C 



10°-12°C 



12°-14°C 



14°-16°C 



16°-18°C 



18°-20°C 



20°-22°C 



22°-24°C 



(°C) 



1967 











27 



29 



12 



12 



16 



4 











12.5 



1968 







14 



22 



18 



10 



9 



8 



19 











12.6 



1969 











7 



21 



14 



7 



18 



33 











15.1 



1970 



6 



17 



28 



21 



23 



3 



1 















9.9 



1971 







13 



14 



27 



13 



7 



8 



7 



9 



1 



12.7 



1972 











9 



17 



10 



8 



18 



20 



16 



2 



15.9 



1973 











2 



25 



25 



32 



8 



7 



1 







13.9 



1974 











2 



29 



30 



13 



11 



6 



8 







13.9 



1975 











5 



29 



15 



26 



26 















13.9 



1976 











16 



25 



14 



11 



12 



15 



7 







14.0 



Mean 



<1 



4 



13 



24 



17 



13 



13 



11 



4 



<1 



13.4 



Table 5. — Middates of sampling bottom-water temperature 

 data in the Middle Atlantic Bight. Means of sampling dates 

 (bottom line) used as the bases for adjusted indices (see text). 



Table 6. — Observed and adjusted mean bottom-water temperatures 

 in the northern Middle Atlantic Bight during spring 1968-76 and 

 autumn 1964-76. 





Southern New England 



Middle Atlantic Bight 





x spring 



temperature (°C) 



x autumn 



temperature (°C) 



Year 



Spring 



Autumn 



Spring 



Autumn 



Year 



Observed 



Adjusted 



Change 



Observed 



Adjusted 



Change 



1964 



No cruise 



26 Oct. 



No cruise 



No cruise 



1964 





No cruise 





10.5 



10.6 



+0.1 



1965 



No cruise 



11 Nov. 



No cruise 



No cruise 



1965 





No cruise 





10.6 



11.2 



+0.6 



1966 



No cruise 



10 Nov. 



No cruise 



No cruise 



1966 





No cruise 





11.6 



12.5 



+0.9 



1967 



No cruise 



24 Oct. 



No cruise 



24 Oct. 



1967 





No cruise 





9.7 



9.7 







1968 



15 Mar. 



16 Oct. 



10 Mar. 



15 Oct. 



1968 



5.7 



5.7 







11.3 



11.2 



-0.1 



1969 



11 Mar. 



12 Oct. 



10 Mar. 



13 Oct. 



1969 



6.0 



6.1 



+0.1 



12.1 



12.3 







1970 



20 Apr. 



20 Oct. 



26 Apr. 



7 Sept. 



1970 



6.2 



5.1 



-1.1 



10.9 



10.8 



-0.1 



1971 



12 Mar. 



8 Oct. 



4 Apr. 



8 Oct. 



1971 



5.9 



6.0 



+0.1 



11.3 



11.6 



+0.2 



1972 



26 Mar. 



8 Oct. 



13 Mar. 



2 Oct. 



1972 



6.9 



6.7 



-0.2 



12.6 



12.8 



+0.2 



1973 



22 Mar. 



7 Oct. 



26 Mar. 



lOct. 



1973 



7.3 



7.2 



-0.1 



12.4 



12.6 



+0.2 



1974 



lApr. 



6 Oct. 



18 Mar. 



29 Sept. 



1974 



8.1 



7.7 



-0.4 



12.4 



12.7 



+0.3 



1975 



6 Mar. 



19 Oct. 



13 Mar. 



29 Oct. 



1975 



7.4 



7.5 



+0.1 



11.7 



11.6 



-0.1 



1976 



8 Mar. 



11 Oct. 



17 Mar. 



8 Oct. 



1976 



8.2 



8.3 



+0.1 



12.6 



12.6 







Mean 



20 Mar. 



18 Oct. 



22 Mar. 



8 Oct. 



Mean 



6.9 



6.7 



+0.2 



11.5 



11.7 



+0.2 



Q. 



S 

 k 



o 



CD 



& 



2 

 § 



1 1 1 1 



1 1 1 1 J 



If 



A. V 

 / \ / 







/ ^ V 

 / / 







// t 







t ~~-~J?~ 



f 9-YR X's ^^ 





<7 



SPRING 



- 





V 



ADJUSTED 





III, 



i i 





1968 70 72 74 



YEAR 



76 



Figure 4. — Observed and adjusted annual and long-term mean 

 bottom-water temperatures in the northern Middle Atlantic Bight 

 during spring 1968-76. 



Table 7. — Bottom-water temperature anomalies in the north- 

 ern Middle Atlantic Bight during spring 1968-76 and autumn 

 1964-76. 





Spring anomalies (°C) 



Autumn anomalies (°C) 



Year 



Observed 



Adjusted 



Observed 



Adjusted 



1964 



No 



cruise 





-1.0 



-1.1 



1965 



No 



cruise 





-0.9 



-0.5 



1966 



No 



cruise 





+0.1 



+0.8 



1967 



No 



cruise 





-1.8 



-2.0 



1968 



-1.2 





-1.0 



-0.2 



-0.5 



1969 



0.9 





0.7 



+0.6 



+0.6 



1970 



-0.7 





-1.6 



-0.6 



-0.9 



1971 



-1.0 





-0.7 



-0.2 



-0.1 



1972 













+ 1.1 



+ 1.1 



1973 



+0.4 





+0.5 



+0.9 



+0.9 



1974 



+ 1.2 





+1.0 



+0.9 



+ 1.0 



1975 



+0.5 





+0.8 



+0.2 



-0.1 



1976 



+1.3 





+1.6 



+ 1.1 



+0.9 



i indices 



6.9 





6.7 



11.5 



11.7 



