October 1981	VOLUME 6	NUMBER 4	IJOEDY	(ISSN 0364-9059)

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
		Front cover and table of contents
		Back cover
PAPERS
Michael C. Gregg, Thomas B. Meagher, Eric E. Aagaard, and William C. Hess		A salt-stratified tank for measuring the dynamic response of conductivity probes		113
Werner Kroebel		A thermometer for oceanographic research with a time constant of about 1 ms and a resolution of less than 0.001 K: Its properties and results of its application on cruises		118
G. Paul de Loor		The observation of tidal patterns, currents, and bathymetry with SLAR imagery of the sea		124
Atul Jain		SAR imaging of ocean waves: Theory		130
R. Keith Raney		Wave orbital velocity, fade, and SAR response to azimuth waves		140