TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont. ) 



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5. 2. 1 Kurosliio Current Case 21 



5. 2. 2 Yellow Sea Case 23 



5. 3 Consistency Tests 24 



5. 3. 1 Sea of Okhotsk Case 24 



5. 3. 2 Gulf of Alaska Case 28 



5. 3. 3 Indian Ocean Case 31 



5. 3. 4 Results of SST Consistency Tests as Compared to 



Other Studies 34 



5.4 Real-Time Studies 37 



6. DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED EXTENSIVE DATA PROCESSING 

 APPROACH 41 



7. GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 44 

 REFERENCES 46 



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