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Table 5. Annual mean values and anomalies of surface temperatures and salinities and bottom temperatures for the entire Gulf of Maine transect from 1991 through 1997. (Insufficient coverage from 1998 through 2001 prevented calculation of annual means.)

Year(s) Measure Surface
Temperature (C)
Surface
Salinity (PSU)
Bottom
Temperature (C)
1978-90 Baseline value

9.1

32.43

6.7

1991
Mean value 9.5 32.24 7.0
Mean anomaly +0.4 -0.19 +0.3
1992 Mean value 8.4 32.00 6.6
Mean anomaly -0.7 -0.43 -0.1
1993 Mean value 8.9

31.93

6.5

Mean anomaly -0.2 -0.50 -0.2

1994
Mean value 9.1   7.2
Mean anomaly 0.0   +0.5
1995 Mean value 9.4   7.1
Mean anomaly +0.3   +0.4
1996 Mean value 8.0   6.9
Mean anomaly -1.1   +0.2
1997 Mean value 9.0   6.2
Mean anomaly -0.1   -0.5

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