TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PREFACE 1 



INTRODUCTION: PROGRAM HISTORY 2 



SIGNIFICANCE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDY TO DOE POLICIES AND 

 PROGRAMS 3 



Energy and Weapons Issues 3 



Global Change 3 



COASTAL OCEAN MARGINS PROGRAM 7 



Goal 7 



Rationale 7 



Research Plan and Current Program 7 



OVERVIEW OF REGIONAL PROGRAMS 10 



Northeast: Shelf Edge Exchange Processes 10 



Southeast: South Atlantic Bight 12 



Southwest: California Basins Study 14 



COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTS . . .17 



Interagency Collaboration 17 



International Collaboration 17 



FUTURE DIRECTIONS: THE CONTINENTAL OCEAN MARGINS FLUX 

 STUDY 18 



The Continental Ocean Margins Flux Study Goals and Objectives ..18 



The COMFS Plan 18 



Instrumentation Development 19 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program i December 1988 



