Paper 13 



StA SURFACE TEMPERATURF DISTRIBUTION FROM 

 CAPE COD^ MASSACHUSETTS.- TO MIAMI^ FLORIDA - 1976 



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Miami/ PL. Data 

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after each survey 



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Analysis of the 1976 ART data was made by comparing them to a 

 50-yr (1914-64) historical average (Walford and Wicklund 1968). 

 Although the comparability between remotely sensed and bucket 



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