The National Ocean Service conducted a circulation survey in the New York Harbor complex from August 1980 to June 1981. The survey area included the Lower Bay, Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill, entrance to Newark Bay, Kill Van Kull, Upper Bay, Lower Hudson River, and the East River connecting the Upper Bay to Long Island sound. Extensive measurements were made of currents, tides, water temperature and salinity and atmospheric parameters: wind speed and direction, air pressure, and air temperature. This report provides relevant information about those measurements as well as the survey in general. The location and dates of current and tjde data collected prior to this survey are aiso^ provided.

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