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NOAA SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS 



The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was established as pari ot the Department o( Commerce 

 on October 3. 1970 The mission responsibilities of NOAA are to assess the socioeconomic impact ot natural and 

 technological changes in the environment and to monitor and predict the state of the solid Earth, the oceans and their 

 living resources, the atmosphere, and the space environment of the Earth 



The major components of NOAA regularly produce various types of scientific and technical information in the 

 following kinds of publications: 



PROFESSIONAL PAPERS— Important definitive 

 research results, major techniques, and special 

 investigations 



CONTRACT AND GRANT REPORTS— Reports 

 prepared by contractors or grantees under NOAA 

 sponsorship 



ATLAS — Presentation of analyzed data generally in the 

 form of maps showing distribution of rainlall, chemical 

 and physical conditions of oceans and atmosphere, 

 distribution of fishes and marine mammals, iono- 

 spheric conditions, etc 



TECHNICAL SERVICE PUBLICATIONS— Reports 

 containing data, observations, instructions, etc A 

 partial listing includes data serials, prediction and 

 outlook periodicals, technical manuals, training 

 papers, planning reports, and information serials: and 

 miscellaneous technical publications 



TECHNICAL REPORTS— Journal quality with extensive 

 details, mathematical developments, or data listings 



TECHNICAL (MEMORANDUMS— Reports of pre- 

 liminary, partial, or negative research or technology 

 results, interim instructions, and the like 



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