4. A predictive model of the horizontal -temper ature gradients for 

 a selected area of the sea was constructed on the basis of the above 

 results and a single bathythermograph lowering. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1 . Continue development of the thermistor chain to improve its 

 accuracy, reliability, and versatility. 



2. Further develop the digital temperature -depth recording 

 system. Use the digitized data in conjunction with the UNIVAC 

 1218 shipboard computer for detailed statistical analyses and real- 

 time computations of the vertical- and horizontal -temperature - 

 gradient fields. 



3. Finally, continue the study of the vertical- and horizontal- 

 temperature gradients in the sea and compile an atlas of hori- 

 zontal time -dependent gradients. 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 



Work was performed under SR 004 03 01, Task 580 (NEL 

 L40461) by members of the Marine Environment Division. This 

 report covers the period July 1962 to July 1965 and was approved 

 for publication 17 March 1967 . 



The author is grateful to O.S. Lee for consultation and 

 assistance throughout this investigation and to D. W. Ternyila 

 for data reduction and analysis. Thanks are also due to E. C. 

 LaFond for the use of previous results and figures, and for 

 comments on the manuscript. Comments on the manuscript by 

 G. H. Curl are acknowledged. 



