ILLUSTRATIONS 



1 Example of day-to-day variation of sea-surface temperature 

 for five locations in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the 

 Atlantic Ocean. . . page 14, 15 

 2, 3 Latitudinal and longitudinal variation of sea-surface 

 temperature. . . 22-25, 30-33 



4 Area locator chart. . . 38 



5 Space/time distribution of sea-surface temperature observa- 



tions in Areas B, C, and E. . . 40-41 



6 Statistical results for regression analyses on sea-surface 



temperature data taken in Areas A, B, C, and E. . . 42,43 

 1 Location of data used for large-area regression model. . . 44 



8 Time/space distribution of data used for sea-surface 



temperature comparisons. . . 46 



9 Comparison between observed and computed sea-surface 



temperatures. . , 47 



10 Differences between observed and computed sea-surface 



temperatures for water depths greater than and less than 

 100 fathoms. .. 49 



11 Differences between observed and computed sea-surface 



temperatures as a function of percent of observations 



made in water depths less than 100 fathoms. . . 51 

 12-14 Differences between observed and computed sea-surface 



temperature as a function of day-of-year, latitude, and 



longitude. . . 52-57 

 15-17 Regression models for three latitudinal strips. . . 60-65 



18 An example of the use of a regression equation to edit raw 



sea-surface temperature data. . . 72 



19 Differences between observed and computed sea-surface 



temperatures illustrating the use of a regression model 

 for anomaly detection. . . 74 



20 Sea-surface temperature contours for 8 November 1949 



computed from a regression model. . . 77 



