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1 Equations of Motion 59 shelf, FJM, would then allow exact specification of the time rate of change of the flow field, dV*/dt, or A. Analytical or numerical solution of dV*/dt would then provide values of V*, a description of the fluid motion. The validity of such a Galilean-Newtonian hypothesis, model, or law, however, eventually depends on verification data, which in turn imply measurements and a frame of reference for such observations. , it assumes a nonaccelerated, or inertial, frame of reference.
The annual cycle of temperature (°C), salinity (%o), chlorophyll (μ% l _ l ), zooplankton (mg C m 2 ) , and light (g-cal c m 2 day 1 ) on the Sierra Leone shelf. [After Longhurst (1983); © Aca demic Press, Inc. 5 Food Web Coupling 37 by human fishing, is the much wider continental shelf (—125 km) off the Sierra Leone River (Longhurst, 1983). 3 Atmospheric Signal The annual temperature range of coastal waters at 8°N off Sierra Leone is only 2°C (Fig. 17), compared to the 10°C range off Ghana (Fig.
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