Vol 7, 1960

CalCOFI Reports, Vol. 7, 1960

 

Contents

 

 

Page

I. Progress Report

 

1. Review of Activities January 1, 1958-June 30, 1959

5

2. Review of the partial resurgence of the sardine fishery during the 1958-59 season

8

3. Publications

10

 

 

II. Scientific Contributions

 

Symposium on the Changing Pacific  Ocean in 1957 and 1958

13

INTRODUCTION

21

 PROCEEDINGS

25

 Introductory Statement.  John D. Isaacs

25

SECTION I-THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

29

Chairman’s Statement. Jule G. Charney

29

The Meteorological Picture 1957-1958. Jerome Namias 

31

El Nino. Warren S. Wooster

43

Recent  Oceanographic Conditions in the Central Pacific. GarthI. Murphy

47

Surface  Temperature Anomalies in the Central North Pacific, January 1957-May  1958.

 

   James W. McGary

47

Summary, 1955-1957 Ocean Temperatures, Central Equatorial Pacific.

 

   Thomas S. Austin

52

The Oceanographic  Situation in the Vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands During 1957 with

 

   Comparisons  with Other Years.

 

     GarthI. Murphy, Kenneth D. Waldron and Gunter R. Seckel 

56

Advection-A  Climatic Character in the Mid-Pacific. Gunter R. Seckel

60

The 1957-1958  Oceanographic Changes in the Western Pacific. Yositada Takenouti

67

Oceanography  of the Eastern North Pacific in the Last 10 Years. Joseph L. Reid,  Jr.

77

Description of the Northeastern Pacific Oceanography. Nicholas P. Fofonoff 

91

Coastal  Water Temperature and Sea Level-California to Alaska. H. B. Stewart, Jr.

97

Effects  of Abnormal Wind Torque on the Circulation of a Barotropic Model of the North

 

   Pacific Ocean. W. S. von Arx         

103

Quaternary Paleoclimatology of the Pacific Coast of North America. Carl L. Hubbs

105

Solar  Events and Effects of Terrestrial Meteorology. R. G. Athay

113

 

 

SECTION  II - THE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 

125

Chairman’s Statement. Oscar E. Sette

125

The Changes  in the Phytoplankton Population Off the California Coast. Enrique Balech

127

Unusual  Features in the Distribution of Pelagic Tunicates in 1957 and 1958.

 

   Leo D. Berner 

133

Changes  in the Distribution of the Euphausiid Crustaceans in the Region of the

 

   California Current. Edward Brinton

137

The Offshore Drift of Larvae of the California Spring Lobster Panulirus interruptus.

 

 Martin W. Johnson

147

Redistribution of Fishes in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean in 1957 and 1958.

 

     John Radovich

163

 Fish Spawning in 1957 and 1958. Elbert H. Ahlstrom

173

The Long Term Historical Record of Meteorological, Oceanographic and Biological

 

   Data. Oscar E. Sette

181

GENERAL  DISCUSSION

195

EDITORS’ SUMMARY

211

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