January 1979	VOLUME 4	NUMBER 1	IJOEDY	(ISSN 0364-9059)

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
		Front cover and table of contents
		Back cover
PAPERS
Gerald F. Appell		Performance assessment of advanced ocean current sensors		1
Kenneth B. Theriault and Arthur B. Baggeroer		Structure estimation accuracy in discrete layered media		4
Charles A. Pieroni and Bruce W. Fellows		Life evaluation of a 35-kV submarine power cable in a continuous flexing environment		14
Jose M. F. Moura		Passive systems theory with narrow-band and linear constraints: Part II -- Temporal diversity		19
COMMUNICATIONS
R. K. Moore, Y. S. Yu, A. K. Fung, D. Kaneko, G. J. Dome, and R. E. Werp		Preliminary study of rain effects on radar scattering from water surfaces		31