LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

 FIGURE PAGE 



1. Maximum and Minimum Air Temperatures- ■— 7 



2. Maximum, Minimum, and Average Air 



Temperatures, San Pedro Channel — ■ — 8 



3o Average Air Temperature and Rainfall 10 



4. Sky Conditions in the Los Angeles Area-- ■ — ■ — 11 



5. Average Yearly Winds at Los Angeles Harbor-— 17 



6. Monthly Wind Directions and Velocities 



over the San Pedro Channel--——- — -- ■- 19 



7. Frequency, Height, and Direction of Swell, 



San Pedro Channel-------------- - - ■ — • — ■--- 22 



8. Monthly Sea Conditions in San Pedro Channel — ■— — ■ — 31 



9. Vertical Water Temperature Profile in 

 Santa Monica Bay Extending Seaward from 



Hyperion Boil, July 20, 1955— — ——— — -—---- 35 



10. Detailed Water Temperature Profile, 



July 20, 1955— — — — — — —- ——— — — — --- 36 



11. Ranges of Water Temperature in 200 Feet 



of Shelf water————— ———— — — ——-- 38 



12. Cumulative Temperature-Salinity Diagram 



for the Waters of Santa Monica Bay—-—- — ------- 41 



13. Limits of Temperature Range for Increments 



of 10 feet of Depth in Santa Monica Bay- — ----- — -- 43 



14. Seasonal Range in Surface Water Temperature 



in Santa Monica Bay————————— — ■-— ■- 44 



15. Vertical Temperature Column for June 1955---------=- 47 



16. Vertical Temperature Column for July 1955---------- 48 



17. Vertical Temperature Column for July 1956---------- 49 



18. Vertical Temperature Column for August 1955-——-- 50 



19. Vertical Temperature Column for October 1955------- 51 



20. Vertical Temperature Column for January 1956------- 52 



21. Vertical Temperature Column for April 1956--------- 53 



22. Vertical Temperature Profile, Seaward from 



Playa del Rey, August 18, 1955=..--— -------------- 67 



23. Depth to 55°F Isotherm and Drogue Track, 



May 4, 1956——— — ———————— 70 



24. Depth to 56°F I os therm. May 4 e 1956—————— 71 



25. Depth to 66°F lostherm, June 28, 1956 ——— — — — 72 



26. Depth to 65°F Isotherm and Drogue Track, 



August 10, 1956-—- —————-—-- ——-——'" 73 



27. Depth to 58 °F Isotherm and Drogue Track, 



August 10, 1956 — — — — —— — - — - — — — — = = 74 



28. Surface Temperature, August 18, 1955-——— -------- 86 



29. Vertical Temperature Profile in North-South 

 Direction, August 18, 1955————————— 87 



30. Surface Temperature, August 24, 1955--------- -— — 88 



31. Depth to 58 b F Isotherm, November 23, 1955——-- 90 



32. Depth to 55°F Isotherm, November 23, 1955-—— 92 



33. Depth to 60°F Isotherm, May 23-24, 1956——— 93 



34. Current Flow Between 20-80 Feet, May 23-24, 



1956 „-. . _. «. — , . , — ._— 94 



