APPENDIX 



Observations taken on a traverse 



between Africa and Antarctica 



during the period 16-27 March 1963 



aboard the M/V OB 



(8th Soviet Antarctic Expedition) 



Tables attached hereto present pertinent data obtained on a traverse between Antarctica and the southern 

 tip of Africa. Observations were made aboard the USSR vessel M/V OB during the 8th Soviet Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion. Participation of the writer was under the US/USSR Scientists Exchange Program of the NAS and sponsored 

 by the NSF. Standard weather observations were made by host personnel. Atmospheric moisture measurements 

 were not available. In the table, standard coding and symbols are employed. In the column labeled "Sky" the 

 first digit preceding the slant (/) represents total sky coverage in eights. The remaining 5 digits represent the 

 standard cloud group. The values vmder "T " represent air temperature at about 50 feet above the water. "T " 



values are water temperatures determined by a towed thermistor; "T " values are surface water temperatures 



jnade by a shielded, field-calibrated Barnes IRT, Model IT-1. The 4-digit numbers under remarks are standard 

 wave groups without the initial designator, 1. 



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