Water Properties

Figure 5. Cross sections of water properties across Georges Bank: a) winter temperature, b) winter salinity, c) summer temperature, and d) summer salinity. The winter data are from March 1980, the summer data from August 1980. Locations of stations in the well-mixed region (M) and the stratified region (S) used in Figure 6 are indicated. Distance along the x-axis is from the northern edge of the Bank.