FOREWORD 



The increasing sophistication of Naval weapons systems, both fixed 

 and mobile, requires that ocea nog rap hers understand the motions, and the 

 associated driving and physical forces, of oceanic currents. The studies 

 which are prerequisite to such knowledge require a tremendous investment 

 in capital and human resources, but only through such investments will 

 the Navy approach solutions to its environmental problems. This report 

 describes the characteristics of intermediate and deep currents in the 

 central northeast Pacific Ocean, a region where ^ery few direct current 

 observations have been made. 



J. E. /W'RES 

 Captain, USN 

 Commander 



