FOREWORD 

 A practical presentation of the daily sea surface temperattire 

 field in the form of contoured charts is of wide general utility 

 and has specific applications in naval operations, as veil as con- 

 nercial enterprises. In particular, knowledge of the sea surface 

 temperature at a given locality is used in the AntiSubimrine War- 

 fare Enviroimiental Prediction System (ASWEPS) "being developed by 

 the 57drographic Office 



Rear Admiral, \|f. S. Navy 

 ^drographer 



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