Introductory remarks by Tommy Dickey, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

It is a great honor to be able to review a few of the many accomplishments of Ray Smith on this occasion of the presentation of the second Jerlov Award. First I would like to acknowledge and thank my esteemed colleagues who wrote letters in support of Ray’s nomination. These include Ken Carder, Curt Davis, Dave Karl, Curt Mobley, Dave Siegel, Charlie Yentsch, and Ron Zaneveld.

2002 Jerlov Award: Presented to Raymond C. Smith. 2003. Oceanography 16(1):30–31.

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