COMENTS 



Page 



FOREWORD ill 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



H. DATA EVALUATION 3 



in. SCSfE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE NATURE OF THE SEA SURFACE 3 



IV. ISOTACH PATTERNS OF MEAN CURRENTS AND THEIR 



APPLICATION TO TEMPERATURE ANALYSES 7 



V. TEN-DAY COMPOSITE TEMPERATURE CHARTS 12 



VI. CONCLUSIONS 15 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 1? 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figtire 1. Possible Misrepresentation of a Stable 



Temperature Field by Mean Charts 1 



Figure 2. Two Interpretations of a Temperatiire Field 



from Identical Data 2 



Figure 3» Siirface Temperature (Wave) Patterns Deduced from 



Different Data Distribution in Alternate Parallel 



Currents in the Same Area on Successive Days ... 2 

 Figure h» Temperature Profile Along the 50th Meridian 



South of the Grand Banks •• 5 



Figure 5» Schematic Diagram Indicating Balanced Flov 



Through the Gulf Stream and Adjacent Waters .... 6 

 Figure 6. Isotachs for the Caribbean Sea and Gulf 



of Mexico - October 8 



Figxire 7, Composite Surface Temperature Analysis for the 



Caribbean Sea and GvLLf of Mexico 9 



Figure 8. Mean Sea Surface Temperature February I96I 



Compared to Mean Current Drift February 1935-19^5 10 

 Figure 9» Temperature and Salinity Profiles Across the 



California Currents ......... 11 



Figure 10. Composite Sea Siurface Temperature Chart 



26 July - 5 Atigust 1961 13 



Figure U. Composite Sea Surface Temperatvire Chart 



16-25 August 1961 ll^ 



Figrrre 12. Composite Sea Surface Temperature Chart 



16-25 April 1961 16 



