9. Conclusions k throi^gh 8 are limited to months and parameters 

 that exhihit normal distribution. 



ACKWOWLEDGEMEKTS 



All historical BT and weather observations were collected by U.S. 

 Coast Guard personnel at ocean weather stations. Appreciation is also 

 due various personnel of the Oceanographic Office who provided helpful 

 suggestions, who carried out the field surveys, or who assisted in the 

 many phases of data processing and programming. Special acknowledgement 

 is due Mr. R. Bolton who wrote the SERC thermal structure program for 

 Datatron use (appendix A). 



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