FOREWORD 



The adoption of the method of bathythermograph processing 

 described herein makes it possible for one central agency to 

 conduct all the various phases of collecting, evaluating, and 

 coii55iling the data observed by a wide variety of cooperating 

 vessels, at a considerable saving over the procedures hereto- 

 fore employed, 



Ihe grovjing bulk of bathythermograms now on hand, 

 together with the increased observational activity anticipated 

 in the immediate future indicates the desirability of estab- 

 lishing procedures, such as authorized herein, that will 

 permit the rapid and economical processing of these data. 



. B. COCHRAN 

 Captain, Uo So Navy- 

 Hydro grapher 



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