CONTENTS 



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Part I. Distribution of surface variables — 373 



I. Depth of the mixed surface layer 373 



A. Definition and practical means of determination 373 



B. Distribution in the Hawaiian islands region 375 



2. Surface temperature 377 



3. Surface salinity 380 



4. Geopotential topography 383 



Part II. Physical processes and their relation to the distribution of surface variables.. 383 



1. Heat (salt) budget 384 



2. Events at the sea surface 385 



A. Net heat exchange across the sea surface 385 



B. Evaporation minus precipitation 392 



3. Advection 394 



A. Characteristic advection diagram 394 



B. Intrinsic temperature and the heat advection chart 398 



C. Characteristic heating curve. 400 



Part III. Oceanographic climate of the Hawaiian Islands region 404 



Literature cited 408 



Appendix A 409 



Source of data 409 



Treatment of data 410 



Appendix B 411 



Charts: 



I. Distribution of the depth of mixed layer 411-416 



II. Distribution of the surface temperature 417-422 



III. Distribution of the surface salinity 423 



IV. The surface dynamic topography 424 



V. Characteristic advection diagrams 425 



VI. Heat advection charts 426-427 



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