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1953
sults show also that the temperature in the
uppermost layers in June 1952 and 1956 was
below nornral, possibly due to cokl winds since
the salinity was at the same time about normal.
In June 1953, on the other hand, the salinity
was below normal northeast of Iceland, and
that same year the surface salinity in the ocean
south of Iceland was also the lowest of the
period 1951—1960, as shown in Fig. 5. In June
TABLE 1
The temperature and salinity means within
latitude 67—69°N and longitude 11—15° W in
June 1950, 1952-1958, 1964-1968; the number
of observations and the means for tlie periods
1950-1958 and 1964-1968.
Depth in m 1950 t °C No. of obs. s °/ 0 /oo No. of obs.
0 3.02 2 34.85 2
10 2.82 2 86 2
25 2.53 9 87 2
50 1.30 2 85 2
100 ... 0.35 2 83 2
150 .... 0.08 2 84 2
200 . 0.02 2 84 2
300 . . 0.37 2 85 2
400 . 0.27 2 87 2
500 . —
Depth in m t °C No. of obs. S %c No. of obs.
0 4.25 4 34.70 4
10 4.25 4 71 4
25 3.11 4 74 4
50 0.29 4 78 4
100 -0.30 4 80 4
150 -0.15 4 85 4
200 -0.05 4 87 4
300 -0.36 4 88 4
400 -0.51 4 90 4
500 -0.56 4 90 4
Total no. of obs. 40 40
1954 No. of No. of
Depth in m t °C obs. S%o obs.
0 4.03 4 34.83 4
10 3.82 4 81 4
25 2.69 4 80 4
50 1.04 4 82 4
100 0.38 4 82 4
150 0.02 4 83 4
200 0.04 4 87 4
300 . -0.31 4 90 4
400 . - 0.44 4 92 4
500 . -0.57 4 92 4
Total no. of obs. 18 18
Depth in m 1952 No. of t °C obs. No. of obs.
0 ... 1.23 4 34.83 4
10 . . 1.37 4 82 4
25 1.17 4 81 4
50 1.00 4 81 3
100 . . 0.00 4 85 4
150 .. - 0.43 4 88 4
200 ... -0.51 4 88 4
300 ... - 0.63 4 89 3
400 . . - 0.60 4 90 4
500 . - 0.44 1 - -
Total no. of obs. 37 34
Total no. of obs. 40 40
1955
No. of No. of
Depth in m t °C obs. S o/ ° /oo obs.
0 4.43 5 34.81 5
10 4.41 5 81 4
25 3.41 5 84 5
50 1.33 5 87 5
100 0.69 5 88 5
150 0.19 5 87 5
200 -0.01 5 86 5
300 -0.08 4 89 5
400 -0.25 4 91 3
500 -0.48 1
Total no. of obs. 44 42
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