CONTENTS 



Page 



I. INTRODUCTION 1 



A. Temperature Distribution in the Upper Layers of the 



North Atlantic 1 



II. THEORY 3 



A. Heat Transfer 3 



B. Areas of Data h 



C. Mean Temperature Time Series 6 



D. Mean Temperature Distribution Equations 10 



III. TE^ffERATURE ANOMALIES 1? 



IV. COREELATION l8 



V. ANOMALY RATIO 20 



VI. CORRELATED AND UNCORRELATED ANOMALIES 23 



VII. PREDICTION TECHNIQUE 26 



A. Mean Temperatiire at ^0 Feet 26 



B. Determination of the Anomaly at UOO Feet 30 



C. Prediction Example ..... 31 



D. Prediction 32 



VIII. CONCLUSIONS 3^ 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 35 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 35 



NOMENCLATURE 37 



APPENDIXES 



Appendix A. Nomograms for Determining Mean Temperatures . 39 

 Appendix B. Mean Monthly Sea Surface Temperature Charts - 



North Atlantic k9 



TABLES 



Table 1. Mean Temperature Distribution Factors at i+OO 



Feet for OWS CHARLIE - ECHO Group 12 



Table 2. Mean Temperature Factors at UOO Feet for OWS 



DELTA - HOTEL Group 13 



Table 3. Mean Temperature Factors at UOO Feet for 



Upwelling Area H l6 



Table h. Means and Standard Deviations of Monthly 



Temperature Anomalies at Surface and 400 Feet . 19 

 Table 5. Linear Correlation of Monthly Temperature 



Anomalies Between Surface and 400 Feet 20 



