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POTENTIAL OCEAWOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS BY SPACECRAFT 



• OCEAN SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURES AND CURRENTS 



• SEA STATE OF THE OCEANS 



• INDICES OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY 



• COASTAL PROCESSES 



• HYDROGRAPHY AND BATHYMETRY 



• SEA ICE 



• AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS 



• MEAN SEA LfVEL 



• SALINITY AND WATER DENSITY NEAR SURFACE AND IN SUBSURFACE 



NASA HQ SA68-15458 

 10-20-67 



SAMPLE OF USEFUL EARTH RESOURCES DATA OBTAINED BY NIMBUS II 



CHESAPEAKE BAY 



OO-SKCI 



NIMBUS II HIGH RESOLUTION 

 INFRARED IMAGERY CLEARLY 

 DEPICTS THE GULF STREAM 

 TEMPERATURE VALUES WERE 

 DETERMINED BY MICRO- 

 DENS ITOMETER. 



NIMBUS IR IMAGERY CAN BE 

 VERY USEFUL IN DETERMINING 

 THE LOCATION. DISTRIBUTION. 

 AND MOVEMENT OF THE MAJOR 

 OCEAN WATER MASSES. 



STUDIES OF THIS NATURE WILL 

 BE OF GREAT VALUE TO OCEAN- 

 OGRAPHERS, METEOROLOGISTS, 

 AND TO THE WORLD'S FISHING 

 AND SHIPPING INDUSTRIES. 



NASA HQ SA67-15431 

 12-5-66 



