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1. REPORT NUMBER 



TR-241 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO, 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC USE OF THE U.S. AIR 

 FORCE DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING 

 PROGRAM (DAPP) 



5. TYPE OF REPORT ft PERIOD COVERED 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



Oscar K. Huh 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERC«J 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 

 Washington, D.C. 



NR 387-062 



II. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Office of Naval Research 



12. REPORT DATE 



January 1973 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



36 



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Unclassified 



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Approved for Public release: Distribution Unlimited. 



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The spaceborne infrared sensors (8-13 /urn) of the Air Force meteorological Data Acquisition 

 and Processing Program (DAPP) have provided remarkable images of mesoscale sea surface thermal 

 patterns outlining currents, thermally distinct watermasses, and oceanic fronts. During 1971-72 

 the thermal outlines of the South Korean Coastal Oceanic Front, the Tsushima Current, the 

 Yellow Sea Warm Current, the China Coastal Current and the Liman Current were detected and 

 monitored with the 2 n.mi. resolution infrared DAPP imagery. The data are displayed in a 



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