A meridional hydrographic section was made in August-September 1997 at 66 degreesW from the coast of Venezuela to Woods Hole aboard the R/V Knorr. In this report, we concentrate on near surface measurements in the Caribbean. The data show two distinct water masses with different origins. From approximately 14 degreesN to Puerto Rico, Caribbean Surface Water and Subtropical UnderWater with their source in the North Atlantic are found, as previously observed. From Venezuela to approximately 13 degreesN, a less saline water mass with its source in the Tropics and South Atlantic is found. Within the southern portion of the section, two different velocity patterns are observed, namely, an eastward flow with a subsurface maximum near the coast of Venezuela, and a surface intensified westward jet with velocities of 130 cm s(-1) in midbasin. [References: 10]
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机译：1997年8月至9月，在委内瑞拉R / V船上从委内瑞拉海岸到伍兹霍尔的纬度为66度的子午水文断面。在本报告中，我们重点研究加勒比地区的近地表测量。数据显示了两个不同的水团，其起源不同。如先前观察到的，从北纬约14度到波多黎各，发现了加勒比地表水和亚热带水下水，其来源在北大西洋。从委内瑞拉到大约13华氏度，在热带和南大西洋发现的咸水量较少。在该剖面的南部，观察到两种不同的速度模式，即在委内瑞拉海岸附近有一个地下最大的向东流动，在中盆地有一个速度为130 cm s（-1）的表面强化的向西射流。 [参考：10]
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