CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION . . . page 5 



TIME-SERIES LENGTH ... 5 



SYSTEMATIC VARIATION OF SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE OVER 

 PERIODS OF SEVERAL YEARS . . . 18 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS . . . 27 



REFERENCES . . . 27 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



1 R 2 statistic for Scripps Pier data for records of varying length . . . page 8, 9 



2 Percent variance explained by equation (IB) as a function of record length 



for six long-time-series of sea-surface temperature measurements . . . 10 



3 Autocorrelation functions for 5-year records of Scripps Pier data . . . 12 



4 Autocorrelation functions for 8-, 10-, 20-, and 40-year records of Scripps Pier 



data . . . 14, 15 



5 Average autocorrelation functions for various record lengths for Scripps 



Pier data . . . 17 



6 Annual averages of sea-surface temperature for coastal and island locations . . .21 



7 Annual and semiannual amplitudes and phases for all stations as a function 



of time . . . 22, 23 



8 Percent variance explained and standard deviation of residuals for annual 



records for all stations . . . 24, 25 



9 Autocorrelation coefficients for 1931 to 1935 Scripps Pier data with lags 



extended to 1400 days . . . 26 



TABLES 



1 Location of sea-surface temperature time-series . . . page 6 



2 Variability in autocorrelation functions . . . 13 



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