Recent advances in our understanding of the circulation problem and their implications

When I was first asked to prepare a paper for this program, although it was obviously an honor, I hesitated to accept, for it seemed to me doubtful that a regular staff member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution should be asked to express his views. After all, one of the chief purposes of this Convocation was to gain the benefit of your collective advice as to future scientific policy...

Some physical factors which may influence the productivity of New England\u27s coastal waters

Of recent years physical oceanographers have gradually gained a more satisfactory understanding of the circulation problem. \Yhile it is true that most of this advance has resulted from studying the deep, oceanic currents, nevertheless, the newer principles also can be applied to the more difficult conditions found near the coast...

Some recent developments in the study of the Gulf Stream

At Cape Hatteras the Gulf Stream leaves the Continental Slope, so that as far as the deep current is concerned its course is no longer confined. The current again approaches the Continental Shelf off Georges Bank and off the Grand Banks, hut in neither area does it flow normally along the Continental Slope as a river pressing against its bank. The band of water which separates the Gulf Stream from the Continental Shelf in the sector between Cape Hatteras and the Grand Banks is usually called slope water. The great body of water to the south and east of the Stream is known as the Sargasso Sea or Central Atlantic water