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DRAFT
where it egain turns weet and posses north of Bikind anc
Enivetok Atolls at speeds of 0.5 to 0.6 knot.
Another strean
enters the southeastern part of the area studied and woves
past Rongerik, Rongelay, and Ailinginae Atolls to form the
counterclockwise roteting vortex ebout Bikini’. Atoll.
Other
smaller, meandering, or rotating streams of water appear in the
southwest and northwest parts of the ares.
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only 0.05 to 0.10 knot in the exst central part of ths area;
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reander, or eddy, at Eniwetok.
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The tetal. range of spsed is 9:0
ct
o 0.6 knot; sneed averages 0.3 to 0.4 knot for the wuole area
studied.
At 75 Meters Depth.
Flow at 75 meters depth (Fig. 6B)
is very similar to that at the surface with speeds varyin
from 0.0 to Q.7 knot.
Directicn of flow north of Bikini within
the eddy is more toward the west-southwest than toward the west
as it is at the surface.
The meander, or eddy, at Eniwetok is
almost non-existent at this depth.
At 150 Meters Denth.
The two
main streans entering the
area on the southeast and northeast corners meander nore at
tris depth (Fig. 6C) than at levels above 1t.
Magnitude of
motion is very similar to that at 75 meters depth.
Tne Bikini
eddy is more elongated in north-south directions than at shceale?
levels, and it is larger, possibly due to broadening of the
atoll groups with depth.
Eniwetek,
No eddies or meanders exist near
Because the eddy-like feature there is rather super-
ficial, it is probably temporary.
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