DRAFT Ae latitude of Bikini and appears at 220 to 400 meters Cepth. On the scuth side of the area studied, the layer becomes about 300 meters thick and is found between 165 and 600 meters éoypth, Eddying and meandering of the current at these depths in the latitude of Bikini (Ref. Figs. 6D and 65E) apparently canses water to be welled upward from within this layer. ‘nus the layer becomes thinner there than farther south. Below the widespread North Pacific Internedicte water there ' are spotty amnpearances of Vestern Nexrth reecifie Central water interspersed between leyers of Pacific) Hkquatorial water. ry Locations where Western North Pacifie Centrel water ves found locations at preater depth than fn are north of Likiep “toil, north cf Rongerik Atoll. and 90 tc ad | A 130 miles northwest of Bikini Atoll. ‘41t mey eprear et other was sampled). All three are in a northwest-southeast line end apnsarently represent a former influx of ccep woter fren the northwest central Yacific. This tongue appears piuchsd to the nerth of Ailinginae Atoli by infley: of the Pecific Fouatorial weter mass cf narticularly hign salinity fren scuth of Rengzelap Atoll to sbont 126 miles gnurth ef Ailinginse Atoll. Ths latter flow is within the sest- erm part ot the Bikini eddy as shown in Fig. 6£. Pacific Equatorial water is also found at all other locations where samples were taken, It eppears at ell depths below about 350 to 400 meters in the latitude of Eikini, below 415 to 600 meters depth on the south side of the area studied and below 7CO to 1200 reters depth on the north boundary of the area. By continuity, it is shoalest in the latitude of Bikini where it moves upverd to replece North Pacific Intermediate 3 water that wells toward the surface within the great, horizontal, slowly revolving eddy there. 43 =