ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We are indebted to the master, officers, and crew of USNS WILKES for 

 their help and cooperation in obtaining scientifically significant data. 

 Mr. Charles Horton and Mr. Alvan Fisher, Jr., critically reviewed the manu- 

 script, and Mr. Ray Floyd and Ms. Rose Gorski helped with the plotting and 

 analysis of the data. Mr. Glen Voorheis did the illustrations, and Ms. Jo Ann 

 Lyons, Ms. Cathy Shedd, Ms. B. J. Dauro and Ms. Linda-Anne Stanley provided 

 secretarial assistance. Mr. Leon Parke was Senior Naval Oceanographic Office 

 (NAVOCEANO) Representative on board USNS WILKES. 



Special thanks are due EXXON Corporation for use of their tankers. The 

 Office of Naval Research provided finanacial support to the XBT tanker section 

 program under grant N00014-79-C-0071 , NR083-004 to Woods Hole Ocp?nj:jruphic 

 Institution (J. G. Bruce). This grant was also for the general pcinning and 

 arrangements of USNS WILKES' participation in the INDEX program Juring the 

 1979 southwest monsoon. Thanks .~re also due the University of Capetown whose 

 observers obtained all tanker XBT data. 



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