ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
I thank Stuart N. Luttich, Gerald B. Talbot, and 
Sven I. Johnson for assistance in the study and to express 
appreciation to the U.S. Coast Guard Air Stations at San 
Francisco and San Diego, Calif., whose cooperation 
helped make this study possible. 
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