CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION . . . page 5 

 AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS . . . 11 

 REGRESSION ANALYSIS . . . 18 

 TREND ANALYSIS . . . 22 

 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ... 28 

 RECOMMENDATIONS . . . 28 

 REFERENCES . . . 29 



TABLES 



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



2 Harmonic analysis of annual oscillation . . . 19 



3 Statistical fit of annual oscillation . . . 19 



4 Regression coefficients of annual and semiannual oscillations . . . 21 



5 Amplitudes and phases of annual and semiannual oscillations . . . 21 



6 Statistical fit of annual and semiannual oscillations. F-ratios 



attributable to semiannual oscillation ... 22 



7 Analysis of variance of annual /3o ■ • • 26 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



1 Geographical location of oceanographic stations . . . page 7 



2 Sea-surface temperatures as a function of time for selected years of data . . . 8,9 



3 Autocorrelation coefficients for PAPA and ECHO ... 72, 13 



4 Autocorrelation coefficients for Cape St. James and Triple Island . . . 14, 15 



5 Autocorrelation coefficients for Langara Island and Scripps Pier . . . 16, 17 



