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OClANCGRAPHIC CONDITIONS IN TRE PPG OPEN 224 AREA
by Paul L. liorrer
CURRENTS, GENERAL INFORNATION
The dominant festure of ccean googrephy in the Pra is
the trade wind driven, westetrly-~flowing Nerth Equatorial
Current.
Trensporting about 20CO times as wich water
as the
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we
so
Mississippi River. this current’ is mestly containce wi
ts position is fertiest north in
a,
Pa
dene ck
latitude.
diese
Vn
s waximun mtPlow is about
1.0 kact+ at- the
wes
ao
he
Bante
nln 2
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ts
but much
of the zen,
weter
within
this wide, Fint rirvor
aed
of great,
revolving,
= {ete
norizentel
eddies.
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surfarts,
wise,
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on
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.
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sucn
eday
eppcurs
in the “Marsrali
ene
¢
i
Baneeeetinees
wins a alan asec
cates
a
a
revsry Pashion ann
rencirs in the ares ror an emxterdea lenmeth
oF tine.
both the CROSS5rcaADS and cananese svirvevs sugeccted
e
and wildlife cruises, this feature is prosebiv aue te
Mu
narroy dDan@ (50-75 miles wice) of easterly flowing currant ef
nETPOW
east-west band of weaker winds or s marked borizorntel eleav in
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tnd
r
LD tet =
Meas
Re we
a
a,
womy. tNer
ns:
.
Leyes
suencr,
shifts
southward
in winter
by several
degrces
of2 tye
Tati.