CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction— 1 



Soui'ces of data 2 



Processing of data 2 



Computations 3 



Evaluation of results 4 



Inadequacy in the distribution and quality of data 4 



Comparisons with other results in the North Pacific 5 



Interseason and interyear comparisons 7 



Conclusion 9 



Acknowledgments 10 



Literature cited 10 



Appendix table A 11 



Appendix table B 54 



FIGURES 



The regions of oceanographic and meteorological observations for the 

 Trade Wind Zone Oceanography Pilot Study 



2. Zonal component (t^) left panel, and meridional component (Ty) right 

 panel, of the wind stress at lat. 2° N., long. 157° W., July 1963 to June 

 1965, from table B, and climatic values from Scripps Institution of 

 Oceanography (1948) 



3. Zonal component (t^) left panel, and meridional component (Ty) right 

 panel, of the wind stress at lat. 17° N., long. 152° W., July 1963 to June 

 1965, from table B, and climatic values from Scripps Institution of 

 Oceanography (1948) 



Zonal component (t^) left panel, and meridional component (t^) right 

 panel, of the wind stress at lat. 32° N., long. 167° W., July 1963 to June 

 1965, from table B, and climatic values from Scripps Institution of 



Oceanography (1948) 



Zonal component of wind stress, lat. 20° N., long. 150° W., January 

 1956 to December 1957, derived from meridional Ekman transports 

 computed by Fofonoff 



