accuracy of the synoptic marine weather report 

 is improved, only broad scale features of the 

 energy exchange will be considered. The real 

 value of the heat budget charts as presented 

 may be in showing year to year and month to 

 month variations of each parameter. ' 



Until such time as these computations can be 

 improved more adequately to represent abso- 

 lute values, they should be considered only as 

 relative indices of the magnitude of the total 

 energy flux which is taking place at the air-sea 

 interface. On this basis, the data that are being 

 produced routinely on a monthly schedule 

 should stimulate further research efforts in 

 this general subject area. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors wish to express their apprecia- 

 tion to John W. Martin, who developed the 

 first machine-language program to summarize 

 sea temperatures and portions of the meteoro- 

 logical data. Members of the Computer Center, 

 University of California, San Diego, and its 

 director, Clay L. Perry, assisted in resolving 

 certain technical problems encountered during 

 initial development of the program. 



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