SPINDEL: PHASE FLUCTUATIONS, COHERENCE AND INTERNAL WAVES 



Dr. Clark: Can I make a comment, Walter? On that first model 

 study I did in the Straits of Florida, I tried to predict some 

 statistical characteristics of the amplitude rather than the phase. 

 This is a more significant comparison, I believe. As we know, 

 amplitude is a non-linear function of the environment. So, if you 

 can predict the frequency content of that thing, then you have done 

 something. 



Let's hope if we go ahead and do the complete job, that every- 

 thing will smear out. 



Dr. Birdsall: I hope the ability of all the models to predict 

 it means that we do have to get more quantitative and perhaps richer 

 experiments where we measure more than just one kind of thing so 

 that we can start to split across the various types of models. 



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