CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Sources of data 1 



Distribution of observations 3 



Automatic data processing of weather reports 3 



The program 3 



Monthly data readout 9 



Charts derived from monthly readout 10 



Sea surface temperature charts 10 



Meteorological charts 17 



Energy exchange computations and charts 17 



Acknowledgments 44 



Literature cited 



Appendix A.-- Listing of the FORTRAN-62 data processing program 47 



Appendix B. --Tables used in data processing program 63 



Appendix C. --Sample page copies of data tabulations 69 



FIGURES 



Figure 1. --Distribution of screened sea temperature observations derived from the 



synoptic marine weather observations, August 1963 4 



Figure 2.- -Distribution of screened sea temperature observations derived from the 



synoptic marine weather observations, February 1964 5 



Figure 3. --Schematic diagram of the automatic weather data processing system in use 



by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, San Diego, Calif. ... 6 



Figure 4. --Schematic flow chart depicting the major data processing functions per- 

 formed by the Control Data Corporation 1604 computer at the University of 



California, San Diego. See Appendix A for key to numerical designations 7 



Figure 5. --Schematic flow chart depicting the major data processing functions performed 

 by the Control Data Corporation 1604 computer at the University of California, San 



Diego. See Appendix A_ for key to numerical designations. (Continued) 8 



Figure 6.- -Schematic flow chart depicting the major data processing functions performed 

 by the Control Data Corporation 1604 computer at the University of California, San 



Diego. See Appendix A_ for key to numerical designations. (Continued) 9 



Figure 7. --Mean sea surface temperature (° F.), February 1-29, 1964 11 



Figure 8. --Deviation of sea surface temperatures (° F.) from long-term mean, February 



1964. Hatched areas colder in 1964 12 



Figure 9. --Deviation of sea surface temperatures (° F.) from February 1963 - February 



1964. Hatched areas colder in 1964 13 



Figure 10. --Sea surface temperatures by 1-degree quadrangles - February 1-29, 1964. 



Temperatures underlined indicate average of two or more observations 14 



Figure 1 1.-- Deviation of sea surface temperatures (° F.) from February 1963 - February 



1964. Shaded areas colder in 1964 15 



Figure 12. --Deviation of sea surface temperatures (° F.) from 12-yearmean (1947-58) by 



2-degree quadrangles, February 1964. Shaded areas colder in 1964 16 



Figure 13. --Sea surface temperature chart for 15-day period - August 1-15, 1963 18 



Figure 14. --Cloud cover (hundredths), August 1963 19 



Figure 15. --Cloud cover (hundredths), February 1964 20 



Figure 16. --Wind speed (knots), August 1963 21 



Figure 17. --Wind speed (knots), February 1964 22 



Figure 18. --Air temperature (° C), August 1963 23 



Figure 19. --Air temperature (° C.), February 1964 24 



Figure 20. --Dew point temperature (° C.), August 1963 25 



Figure 21. --Dew point temperature (° C.), February 1964 26 



Figure 22. --Sea surface temperature (° C.), August 1963 27 



Figure 23. --Sea surface temperature (° C), February 1964 28 



Figure 24. --Barometric pressure (mb.), August 1963 29 



Figure 25. --Barometric pressure (mb.), February 1964 30 



