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Hydrography (M, Stein)
The Bathysonde (CTD), Nansen samplers, XBT's, and
the profiling current meter (PCM), were used to
take the measurements. The profiler (PCM) could be
run at 3 stations only (Stations 634, 635 and 641),
The results of the Nansen measurements were used for
a T/S analysis of the watermasses in the Iceland-
Faero Ridge area, Some of these preliminary results
have been used in this report in order to provide
a detailed description of the CTD profiles,
Certain selected CTD profiles are reproduced in
Figs. 105 to 110, At Station 626 (Fig. 105) a large
stratification in the upper layer was observed, Be-
low 260 m, the water becomes homogeneousz the tempe-
rature lies below 0 °c, the salinity is nearly con-
stant (34.8%°/oo).
Fig, 106 (Stat.,633) shows a profile which represents
cold Polar water and Atlantic water, An almost 40 m
thick surface layer (-1 °c<T< 0,8 °c;
33 °/oo £ S £ 33.35 °/oo) was observed. At about
90 m depth, temperature and salinity were more than
6 °C and 35 °/oo respectively. The water column is
nearly homogeneous down to the bottomz3 it consists
of pure Atlantic water,
On the East Greenland Shelf, Station 637, a large
toothing of Polar and Atlantic water was found
(Fig. 107). Here, the near-surface layer of cold
Polar water is about 70 m thick, The temperature and
salinity range between -1,5 °C £T< 0,8 °C and
32 °/oo € S < 33.4 °/oo respectively. At 80 m water
depth, the temperature and salinity values become
more than 4 °C and 34.1 °/oo respectively. Down to
200 m water depth, a comparatively warm, stratified,